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Cola Franzen

1923 – 2018

American translator

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About Cola Franzen

Lived 1923 – 2018 (aged 94–95). Cola Franzen was a translator and writer.

Cola Franzen (February 4, 1923 – April 5, 2018) was an American writer and translator.

Life She published more than twenty books of translations, by notable Spanish and Latin American authors.

She was a member of ALTA (American Literary Translators Association) and vice-president of Language Research, Inc., founded by I.A. Richards, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

She supported James N. Yamazaki's story publication.

Her work has appeared in Two Lines, Puerto del sol, Temblor, New American Writing.

Awards 2000 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award 2004 Gregory Kolovakos Award from PEN American Center for expansion of Hispanic Literature to an English-language audience

Works

Translations

Alicia Borinsky The Collapsible Couple/ La pareja desmontable, a book of poems in bilingual translation (2000)

(reprinted 1995)) based on Emilio García Gómez's Poemas arábigoandaluces.

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1923
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Awards
Harold Morton Landon Translation Award

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Cola Franzen?

American translator

When was Cola Franzen born?

Cola Franzen was born in 1923.

When did Cola Franzen die?

Cola Franzen died on 5 April 2018.

What was Cola Franzen's occupation?

Cola Franzen was a translator and writer.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Cola Franzen

· Wikidata: Q5141856

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