John David Rutherford is a British literary critic who is

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(2008) of

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, a Hispanist and an award-winning novelist''El País'' 2007-04-13
in Spanish and translator from

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to English.

Studies

Rutherford attended

The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School Haberdashers' Boys' School (also known as Haberdashers', Habs, or Habs Boys), until September 2021 known as Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, is a public school for pupils age 4 to 18 in Elstree, Hertfordshire, England. The school is a me ...

in North London. He started his Spanish studies at

Wadham College Wadham College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is located in the centre of Oxford, at the intersection of Broad Street and Parks Road. Wadham College was founded in 1610 by Dorothy W ...

before going on to

St Antony's College St Antony's College is one of the colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1950 as the result of the gift of French merchant Sir Antonin Besse of Aden, St Antony's specialises ...

in 1969, although he had already started lecturing at Queen's College the previous year.''El Correo Gallego''
in Spanish He has been Praelector in Spanish, Laming Resident Fellow, and Secretary of the Laming Committee. Rutherford lectured on medieval,

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and modern Spanish literature, and modern Spanish-American literature. His interests include Galician studies, and the theory and practice of literary translation. He was decorated by King Juan Carlos of Spain for his 2005 translation of

Leopoldo Alas Leopoldo Enrique García-Alas y Ureña (25 April 1852 – 13 June 1901), also known as Clarín, was a Spanish realist novelist born in Zamora. His inflammatory articles, known as ''paliques'' (“chitchat”), as well as his advocacy of liber ...

(‘Clarín’)'s ''La Regenta'', the first translation into English of the book.''La Nueva España''
in Spanish A past president of the International Association of Galician Studies (AEIG) from 1994 to 1997,International Association of Galician Studies
in Galician Rutherford is the Director of the Centre for Galician Studies at the University of Oxford and belongs to the Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland. He is an honorary member of the Real Academia Gallega (Royal Galician Academy). He was appointed as doctor honoris causa by th
Universidade da Coruña
(University of A Coruña) in October 2011. The ceremony took place on 23 March 2012 in the city of

A Coruña A Coruña (; es, La Coruña ; historical English: Corunna or The Groyne) is a city and municipality of Galicia, Spain. A Coruña is the most populated city in Galicia and the second most populated municipality in the autonomous community and s ...

Publications

Own publications *''As frechas de ouro'' (Editorial Galaxia, 2004) *''Breve historia del pícaro preliterario'' (Universidade de Vigo, 2001) Translations *''The Ingenious Hidalgo

Don Quixote is a Spanish epic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615, its full title is ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'' or, in Spanish, (changing in Part 2 to ). A founding work of West ...

de la Mancha'' by

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 NS) was an Early Modern Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. He is best know ...

(Penguin Classics, 2000) *'' La Regenta'' by

(Penguin Classics, 2005)

Awards

*Castelao Medal (1998)El Correo Gallego
in Galician *Pedrón de Honra (2003) *Premio Trasalba (2007)

Notes and references

External links

Rutherford's page at the University of OxfordGalician at Oxford
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rutherford, John D. People educated at Haberdashers' Boys' School Fellows of The Queen's College, Oxford Academics of the University of Oxford Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford English literary critics Spanish–English translators British translators 1941 births Living people British Hispanists English male non-fiction writers Translators of Miguel de Cervantes