Norman Thomas di Giovanni

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Norman Thomas di Giovanni (born 1933, Newton, Massachusetts) was an American-born editor and translator known for his collaboration with Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges.

Di Giovanni graduated from Antioch College in 1955 and first encountered Borges in 1967 while the latter was at Harvard. A year later, Borges invited di Giovanni to Buenos Aires and began working with him on English versions of ten of his books. The first, The Book of Imaginary Beings, was published by E.P. Dutton and Company in 1969.

Di Giovanni was named after Norman Thomas, leader of the American Socialist Party.