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Howard Curtis

ハワード・カーティス

Hōado Kātisu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1949
Nationality
British
Languages
English, French, Italian, Spanish

Career

Occupations
Translator, Literary translator
Active Years
1987-2024

Awards

Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation
2013
Work: In the Sea there are Crocodiles
Organization: English Speaking Union
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

In the Sea there are Crocodiles

2011 Children's literature

Translation from Italian of Fabio Geda's book, the story of Enaiatollah Akbari, an Afghan refugee boy.

Translations by Author

  • Uncle Charles Has Locked Himself In
  • Memoirs from Elsinore
  • The Officers' Ward
  • Submission: A Novel
  • Total Chaos
  • Chourmo
  • The Lost Sailors
  • Solea
  • The Vendetta
  • Mary of Nazareth: a Novel
  • A Sun for the Dying
  • Zulu
  • The Threads of the Heart
  • The Castle of Whispers
  • Guys Like Me
  • The Snow was Dirty
  • Maigret and the Headless Corpse
  • A Walk in the Dark
  • A Private Affair
  • The Past is a Foreign Country
  • The Turn
  • The Death of a Mafia Don
  • Who is Lou Sciortino
  • A Death in Calabria
  • In the Sea There are Crocodiles: The Story of Enaiatollah Akbari
  • Tierra del Fuego
  • The Shadow of What We Were
  • Return to the Dark Valley

Legacy

British translator specializing in French, Italian, and Spanish fiction. Won the 2013 Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation.

Trivia

  • Born in 1949.
  • Living person.
  • French–English, Italian–English translator.
  • Winner of the Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation.