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Just made an account to comment on this. Maria Kodama was a witch. She ended publication of the English translations which Borges collaborated with Di Giovanni
by nodama 3y ago
Just made an account to comment on this. Maria Kodama was a witch. She ended publication of the English translations which Borges collaborated with Di Giovanni on because she didn't like the 50-50 royalties agreement, which Borges had wanted. When Di Giovanni posted his translations to his personal website (gratis) after they were no longer in print, she threatened to sue. Now we all have to look around for old editions or settle for a new translation without Borges' blessing or input because she wanted more money.
Honestly they should nullify the marriage, take all the shit she got from him and put it in a museum or trust. She was the worst thing to happen to his literary legacy.
- mock-possum 3y agoWait she was a witch??
- defrost 3y agoKodama was the daughter of an Argentine mother of Swiss-German, English and Spanish descent and a Japanese father. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Kodama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Kodama Tsukimono-suji or Japanese hereditary fox witch apparently. Or not. YMMV. Either way, an interesting biography to read.
- yterdy 3y agoI think that's a Pokemon.
- kwanbix 3y agoIn spanish we say "bruja" (witch), as something similar to bitch.
- bryanrasmussen 3y agoAside from everything else she's dead so I don't see the point of nullifying the marriage now?
- bobcostas55 3y agoHaving read the Di Giovanni translations, I find them inferior to the Irby/Yates ones. Hurley is the worst.
- iggldiggl 3y ago> his personal website https://web.archive.org/web/20090423055229/http://www.digiovanni.co.uk/borges.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090423055229/http://www.digiov...
- gwern 3y agoDying at age 86 and deliberately refusing to make a will is really the cherry on the cake.