Great American Translators Edith Grossman and Mario Vargas Llosa

Nobel Prize in Literature recipient Mario Vargas Llosa and his longtime Spanish-to-English translator, Edith Grossman, discuss their work together. Throughout her celebrated career, Grossman has also translated works of other writers such as Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Mayra Montero and Miguel de Cervantes.

This event is a Great American Translators segment of the Behind the Book series. These interviews focus on figures in publishing who bring great works to fruition. Grossman is one of the heroes of the publishing world who transform promising works into polished gems in another language, and bring us the kind of publications critics will laud and readers will relish for decades, even centuries, to come. Behind the Book: Great American Translators celebrates the crucial role translators play and takes you inside the publishing world as top professionals discuss their careers with their most successful authors.

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