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 The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) is an organization in the United States dedicated to literary translation. ALTA promotes literary translation through its annual conference, which draws hundreds of translators and literary profes ...

) and vice-president of Language Research, Inc., founded by I.A. Richards, in

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. 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 The Academy of American Poets is a national, member-supported organization that promotes poets and the art of poetry. The nonprofit organization was incorporated in the state of New York in 1934. It fosters the readership of poetry through outreach ...

* 2004

Gregory Kolovakos Award Awards presented by the PEN American Center (today PEN America) that are no longer active. The awards are among many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN in over 145 PEN centres around the world. The PEN American Center awards have been ch ...

from

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for expansion of Hispanic Literature to an English-language audience

Works

Translations

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''The Collapsible Couple/ La pareja desmontable'', a book of poems in bilingual translation (2000) * * * * * * * * * * (reprinted 1995)) based on Emilio García Gómez's Poemas arábigoandaluces. * * * * *

References

External links

Cola Franzen papers
at the

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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Franzen, Cola People from Hart County, Georgia Spanish–English translators 1923 births 2018 deaths 20th-century translators