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第15回（1977年） Winner
Gregory Rabassa
グレゴリー・ラバッサ
Guregori Rabassa
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1922-03-09 （Yonkers, New York, United States）
- 死没
- 2016-06-13 （Branford, Connecticut, United States） 94歳
- 国籍
- United States
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Yonkers, New York (birthplace) → New York City (taught at Columbia University) → Queens, New York (taught at Queens College) → Branford, Connecticut (place of death)
経歴
- 職業
- translator, university professor
- 活動期間
- 1946年〜2016年
- 所属
- Columbia University, Queens College, City University of New York, PEN American Center (associated via awards and activities)
- 所属団体
- PEN American Center (association)
- 影響を受けた人物
- Julio Cortázar, Gabriel García Márquez, Jorge Amado
- 影響を与えた人物
- English-language translators, Edith Grossman (contemporary translator)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dartmouth College | — | — | BA | — | United States |
| Columbia University | — | — | PhD | — | United States |
Dartmouth College
学位:
BA
国:
United States
Columbia University
学位:
PhD
国:
United States
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | National Medal of Arts | — | — | U.S. government (National Endowment for the Arts) | 受賞 |
| 2001 | Gregory Kolovakos Award | — | — | PEN American Center | 受賞 |
| 1982 | PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation | — | — | PEN America | 受賞 |
| 1977 | PEN Translation Prize | The Autumn of the Patriarch (translation of Gabriel García Márquez) | — | PEN America | 受賞 |
| 1967 | National Book Award for Translation | Hopscotch (translation of Julio Cortázar) | Translation | National Book Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2006 | PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir | If This Be Treason: Translation and Its Dyscontents, A Memoir | — | PEN America | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Commander of the Order of Merit (Portugal) | — | — | Portuguese Republic | 叙勲 |
National Medal of Arts
2006
主催:
U.S. government (National Endowment for the Arts)
結果:
受賞
Gregory Kolovakos Award
2001
主催:
PEN American Center
結果:
受賞
PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation
1982
主催:
PEN America
結果:
受賞
PEN Translation Prize
1977
対象作品:
The Autumn of the Patriarch (translation of Gabriel García Márquez)
主催:
PEN America
結果:
受賞
National Book Award for Translation
1967
対象作品:
Hopscotch (translation of Julio Cortázar)
部門:
Translation
主催:
National Book Foundation
結果:
受賞
PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir
2006
対象作品:
If This Be Treason: Translation and Its Dyscontents, A Memoir
主催:
PEN America
結果:
受賞
Commander of the Order of Merit (Portugal)
2011
主催:
Portuguese Republic
結果:
叙勲
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Hopscotch
1966年 Literary fiction (Latin American literature)An English translation of Julio Cortázar's experimental novel, noted for reproducing the novel's sprawling narrative and multiple reading orders in English.
experimental narrative structureurban lifewordplay
翻訳
- Original: Rayuela (Spanish)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
1970年 Magic realism / NovelThe English translation of García Márquez's landmark novel. The translation played a major role in the book's reception in the English-speaking world.
family sagatime and memorymagical elements
翻訳
- Original: Cien años de soledad (Spanish)
The Autumn of the Patriarch
1976年 Novel / Political allegoryAn English translation of García Márquez's novel, praised for rendering the author's long-period sentences and inverted syntaxes smoothly; contributed to winning a PEN translation prize.
power and solitudeauthoritarianism
翻訳
- Original: El otoño del patriarca (Spanish)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1982年 Novella / Investigative elementsAn English translation of García Márquez's shorter novel, noted for transferring the book's reportorial narrative style into English.
fate and honorcommunal responsibility
翻訳
- Original: Crónica de una muerte anunciada (Spanish)
The Apple in the Dark
1967年 Literary fiction (Brazilian literature)A translation of Clarice Lispector's novel, one of the translations that introduced important Brazilian literature to English readers.
inner explorationexistential unease
翻訳
- Original: A maçã no escuro (Portuguese)
Captains of the Sands
Brazilian literature / Social novelAn English translation of Jorge Amado's novel, part of Rabassa's work introducing socially engaged Brazilian literature.
povertyyouth and society
翻訳
- Original: Capitães da Areia (Portuguese)
全著作
- Hopscotch (Rayuela) — Julio Cortázar (translation, 1966)
- One Hundred Years of Solitude (Cien años de soledad) — Gabriel García Márquez (translation, 1970)
- The Autumn of the Patriarch (El otoño del patriarca) — Gabriel García Márquez (translation, 1976)
作品の翻訳
- One Hundred Years of Solitude — English translation by Gregory Rabassa (1970)
- Hopscotch — English translation by Gregory Rabassa (1966)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Fluent style that aims to reproduce the author's voice in EnglishImprovisatory rendering that reflects the rhythm and feel of the original
- 頻出モチーフ
- references to jazz and rhythmwordplay and layered narration
評価・遺産
Gregory Rabassa was a leading translator who introduced Latin American literature to English-language audiences in the late 20th century. His translations are praised for capturing the spirit of the originals in English and helped shape the international reputations of authors like García Márquez and Cortázar.
関連学会
- PEN American Center (association)
大衆文化への影響
- Contributed to the boom of Latin American literature in the English-speaking world
引用
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I just let the text lead me along. In my mind, the book I’m translating exists in English even before it’s translated. I just have to pull it out.
出典: Interview with the University of Delaware (2006) (2006年)
豆知識
- Gabriel García Márquez reportedly declared Rabassa's English translation of One Hundred Years of Solitude superior to the Spanish original.
- Served as a cryptographer in the OSS during World War II.
- At Cortázar's advice, García Márquez waited three years for Rabassa to schedule translating One Hundred Years of Solitude.