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Margaret Jull Costa

マーガレット・ジュール・コスタ

Māgaretto Jūru Kosuta

別名: Margaret Elisabeth Jull Costa

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1949-05-02 (London Borough of Richmond upon Thames)
国籍
British, United Kingdom
言語
English, Spanish, Portuguese

経歴

職業
Translator
活動期間
1992年〜2024年
所属団体
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
ノミネート
Portuguese Translation Prize runner-up (1996, The Relic), Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize shortlist (2006, Your Face Tomorrow 1: Fever and Spear)

学歴

University of Bristol
Spanish and Portuguese
学位: Bachelor's degree
国: United Kingdom
Stanford University
Spanish and Portuguese
学位: Master of Arts
期間: Fulbright Scholarship
国: United States

受賞歴

International Dublin Literary Award
1997
対象作品: A Heart So White
結果: winner
Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize
2000
対象作品: All the Names
結果: winner
PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize
2008
対象作品: The Maias
結果: winner
Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize
2008
対象作品: The Maias
結果: winner
Premio Valle-Inclán
2010
対象作品: Your Face Tomorrow: Poison, Shadow and Farewell
主催: Society of Authors
結果: winner
Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize
2011
対象作品: The Elephant's Journey
結果: winner
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
2014
主催: British Government
結果: awarded
Order of Prince Henry
2017
主催: Portuguese Government
結果: awarded

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

All the Names

1997年 Novel

José Saramago's allegorical novel about a civil registry clerk obsessed with a woman's records.

IdentityLonelinessBureaucracy

The Maias

1888年 Novel

Classic novel depicting the rise and fall of the Portuguese noble family, the Maias, over generations.

IncestDecadenceSocial Critique

全著作

  • The Book of Disquiet
  • The Maias
  • Blindness
  • A Heart So White
  • The Elephant's Journey
  • The Accordionist's Son
  • Helena, or the Sea in Summer

作家による翻訳

  • Multiple works by José Saramago
  • Multiple works by Eça de Queiroz
  • Multiple works by Javier Marías

作風・主題

文体
Faithful reproduction of original rhythm and cadenceNatural rendering of complex sentence structures

評価・遺産

Internationally acclaimed translator of Portuguese and Spanish literature into English, having won the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize more times than any other translator.

関連学会

  • Royal Society of Literature

豆知識

  • Won the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize more times than any other translator