Richard Dixon (translator)
Richard Dixon (born 1956) is an English translator of Italian literature. He translated the last works of Umberto Eco, including his novels The Prague Cemetery, shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2012, and Numero Zero, commended by the judges of the John Florio Prize, 2016. He has also translated works by Giacomo Leopardi, Roberto Calasso and Antonio Moresco.
Life
Richard Dixon was born in Coventry, in 1956. He was educated at King Henry VIII School and Lanchester Polytechnic, where he graduated in Business Law. He practiced as a barrister in London for ten years before moving to Italy in 1989, where he now lives.[1][2][3]
Selected translations
- The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco, 2011: shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, 2012
- Inventing the Enemy by Umberto Eco, 2012
- Zibaldone di Pensieri by Giacomo Leopardi (with other translators), 2013
- The Combover by Adrián N. Bravi, 2013
- Author’s revisions to The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, 2014
- Ardor by Roberto Calasso, 2014
- The Art of the Publisher by Roberto Calasso, 2015
- Numero Zero by Umberto Eco, 2015: John Florio Prize, 2016: Commended translation
- Dante: The Story of His Life by Marco Santagata, 2016
- Distant Light by Antonio Moresco, 2016
He has also translated contemporary Italian poets,[4] including Franco Buffoni[5][6] and Eugenio De Signoribus[7][8][9]
External links
- Umberto Eco in conversation with Richard Dixon (in Italian) at the Italian Cultural Institute London - 25 February 2012 1 2 3
- Birmingham University Zibaldone Project
- Description of Distant Light by Antonio Moresco at Archipelago Books
- Official website of Richard Dixon
References
- ↑ http://www.booksinitaly.it/it/traduttori/richard-dixon/
- ↑ http://www.write.it/
- ↑ http://www.booktrust.org.uk/prizes/7/2012
- ↑ Nineteen poets in Italian Contemporary Poets: an anthology, Federazione Unitaria Italiana Scrittori, 2016, pp. 81-85, ed. Franco Buffoni, ISBN 978-88-99773-09-0
- ↑ Canone Inverso, Anthology of Contemporary Italian Literature, (Gradiva Publications, New York, 2014) pp. 189–203; ed. Pietro Montorfani ISBN 1-892021-53-6
- ↑ Italian Contemporary Poets: an anthology, (FUIS, 2016) pp. 39–43, Federazione Unitaria Italiana Scrittori, 2016, ISBN 978-88-99773-09-0
- ↑ Nuovi Argomenti, August 2013
- ↑ The Journal of Italian Translation, vol. VIII no. 2, fall 2013, pp.11 - 21
- ↑ Almost Island, Issue no. 11, December 2014