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20th-century translators
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The list 20th-century translators includes
Rufus Sewell, Patrick O'Brian, Langston Hughes, Dirk Bogarde and Ted Hughes.
The list consists of 3,330 members
and 2 sublists.
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Rufus Sewell
British actor (born 1967)
Overview: Rufus Frederik Sewell (born 29 October 1967) is an English film and stage actor. In film, he has appeared in Carrington (1995), Hamlet (1996), Dangerous Beauty (1998), Dark City (1998), The Legend of Zorro ...Date of birth: 29 October 1967Age: 57Nationality: BritishOccupation: ActorGender: MaleHeight: 6' (183 cm)Partner: Vivian Benitez (Married)
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Patrick O'Brian
British writer
Overview: Patrick O'Brian, CBE (12 December 1914 – 2 January 2000), born Richard Patrick Russ, was an English novelist and translator, best known for his Aubrey–Maturin series of sea novels set in the Royal Navy ...Date of birth: 12 December 1914Date of death: 2 January 2000Age: 85 (age at death)Nationality: IrishOccupation: NovelistGender: Male 0
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Langston Hughes
American writer and social activist (1901–1967)
Overview: James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. One of the earliest innovators of the t ...Date of birth: 1 February 1902Date of death: 22 May 1967Age: 65 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: PoetGender: MaleHeight: 5' 4" (163 cm) 0
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Virginia Woolf
English modernist writer (1882–1941)
Overview: Adeline Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English writer, considered one of the most important modernist 20th century authors and also a pioneer in the use ...Date of birth: 25 January 1882Date of death: 28 March 1941Age: 59 (age at death)Nationality: BritishOccupation: AuthorGender: FemaleHeight: 5' 7" (170 cm) 0
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Dirk Bogarde
British actor and novelist
Overview: Sir Dirk Bogarde (born Derek Niven van den Bogaerde; 28 March 1921 – 8 May 1999) was an English actor and writer. Initially a matinée idol in films such as Doctor in the House (1954) for the Rank ...Date of birth: 28 March 1921Date of death: 8 May 1999Age: 78 (age at death)Nationality: EnglishOccupation: ActorGender: MaleHeight: 5' 8" (173 cm) 0
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Ted Hughes
Poet
Overview: Edward James Hughes OM OBE FRSL (17 August 1930 – 28 October 1998) was an English poet, translator, and children's writer. Critics frequently rank him as one of the best poets of his generation, and one ...Date of birth: 17 August 1930Date of death: 28 October 1998Age: 68 (age at death)Nationality: BritishOccupation: PoetGender: MaleHeight: 6' 6" (198 cm) 0
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Supreme Leader of Iran since 1989
Overview: Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei (Persian: سید علی حسینی خامنهای, born 19 April 1939) is a Twelver Shia Marja' and the second and current Supreme Leader of Iran, in office since 1989. He was previously ... 0
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Marcel Proust
French novelist, literary critic, and essayist (1871–1922)
Overview: Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, critic, and essayist who wrote the monumental novel À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost ...Date of birth: 10 July 1871Date of death: 18 November 1922Age: 51 (age at death)Nationality: FrenchOccupation: WriterGender: Male 0
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Dolly Wilde
British writer
Overview: Dorothy Ierne Wilde, known as Dolly Wilde, (11 July 1895 – 10 April 1941) was an English socialite, made famous by her family connections and her reputation as a witty conversationalist. Her charm ...Date of birth: 11 July 1895Date of death: 10 April 1941Age: 45 (age at death)Nationality: BritishOccupation: PersonalityGender: Female 0
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J.R.R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
Overview: John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE FRSL (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and academic, who authored the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings ...Date of birth: 3 January 1892Date of death: 2 September 1973Age: 81 (age at death)Nationality: BritishOccupation: AuthorGender: MaleHeight: 5' 8" (173 cm) 0
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Ezra Pound
American poet and critic (1885–1972)
Overview: Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an expatriate American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a fascist collaborator in Italy during ...Date of birth: 30 October 1885Date of death: 1 November 1972Age: 87 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: PoetGender: Male 0
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Samuel Beckett
Irish writer (1906–1989)
Overview: Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish writer of novels, plays, short stories, and poems. Writing in both English and French, his literary and theatrical work features bleak ...Date of birth: 13 April 1906Date of death: 22 December 1989Age: 83 (age at death)Nationality: IrishOccupation: PlaywrightGender: Male 0
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Tamara Tchinarova Finch
Australian ballet dancer
Overview: Tamara Tchinarova Finch (also tr. Chinarova; born Tamara Rekemchuk, Тамара Чинарова, 18 July 1919 – 31 August 2017) was a ballet dancer of Armenian, Georgian and Ukrainian descent. During the 1940s Tc ...Date of birth: 19 May 1919Date of death: 31 August 2017Age: 98 (age at death)Nationality: ArmenianOccupation: DancerGender: Female 0
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Kristina Rady
Hungarian, Linguist
Date of birth: 23 October 1968Date of death: 10 January 2010Age: 41 (age at death)Nationality: HungarianOccupation: LinguistGender: Female 0
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Nancy Andrew
American Japanologist
Overview: Linda Nancy Andrew (August 17, 1947 – November 29, 1998) was the English-language translator of Japanese author Ryū Murakami's highly acclaimed novel, Almost Transparent Blue, which had won the Akutagawa ...Date of birth: 14 May 1947Date of death: 29 November 1998Age: 51 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: AuthorGender: Female 0
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Taha Hussein
Egyptian writer (1889–1973)
Overview: Taha Hussein (Arabic: طه حسين; November 15, 1889 – October 28, 1973) was among the most influential 20th-century Egyptian writers and intellectuals, and a leading figure of the Arab Renaissance and the ...Date of birth: 14 November 1889Date of death: 28 October 1973Age: 83 (age at death)Nationality: EgyptianOccupation: Writer 0
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G. Sankara Kurup
Indian writer
Overview: G. Sankara Kurup, (3 June 1901 – 2 February 1978) better known as Mahakavi G (The Great Poet G), was an Indian poet, essayist and literary critic of Malayalam literature. Known as one of the greats of ...Date of birth: 3 June 1901Date of death: 2 February 1978Age: 76 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: PoetGender: Male 0
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Kuvempu
Indian poet
Overview: Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa (29 December 1904 – 11 November 1994), popularly known by his pen name Kuvempu, was an Indian novelist, poet, playwright, and critic. He is widely regarded as the greatest ...Date of birth: 29 December 1894Date of death: 11 November 1994Age: 99 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: Poet 0
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C. Rajagopalachari
Political leader
Overview: Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (10 December 1878 – 25 December 1972), informally called Rajaji or C.R., was an Indian politician, independence activist, lawyer, writer, historian and statesman. Rajagopalachari ...Date of birth: 10 December 1878Date of death: 25 December 1972Age: 94 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: Writer 0
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Tristan Tzara
Dadaist poet
Overview: Tristan Tzara (born Samuel or Samy Rosenstock, also known as S. Samyro; 28 April [O.S. 16 April] 1896 – 25 December 1963) was a Romanian and French avant-garde poet, essayist and performance ...Date of birth: 16 April 1896Date of death: 25 December 1963Age: 67 (age at death)Nationality: RomanianOccupation: AuthorGender: Male 0
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