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Much of Eco's work was translated by the great William Weaver who passed away earlier this month. I came to appreciate Weaver's translations through another Ita
by antiterra 13y ago
Much of Eco's work was translated by the great William Weaver who passed away earlier this month. I came to appreciate Weaver's translations through another Italian legend, Italo Calvino. Calvino had a way of incorporating scientific and philosophical concepts within passionate human drama. HN readers might enjoy his work as well.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/arts/william-weaver-influential-translator-of-modern-italian-literature-dies-at-90.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/arts/william-weaver-influe...
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Weaver http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Weaver
- vanderZwan 13y ago> He had a stroke several years ago that severely hampered his ability to speak — an especially difficult hardship, friends and relatives said, for a loquacious man who had built his life communicating in words. That is sad to hear, but as Renoir supposedly said when asked why he spent three decades painting with painful arthritis: “The pain passes, but the beauty remains.” Thank you for your translations, William Weaver. http://www.openculture.com/2012/07/astonishing_film_of_arthritic_impressionist_painter_pierre-auguste_renoir_1915.html http://www.openculture.com/2012/07/astonishing_film_of_arthr...