Edith Grossman, acclaimed translator of García Márquez, dies

Acclaimed literary translator of Spanish and Latin American greats who was hailed by Gabriel García Márquez as his ‘voice in English’ An obituary from The Times of London. Translators, wrote Edith Grossman in her book Why Translation Matters, are usually seen as “the humble, anonymous handmaidens-and-men” who toil in the shadows of the great writers, their…

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