William Weaver

William Weaver (1923–2013) is widely recognized as one of the preeminent postwar English-language translators of Italian literature. Among the many writers he translated are Umberto Eco, Italo Calvino, Giorgio Bassani, Elsa Morante, and Primo Levi. Weaver's translation of Luigi Pirandello's Late Mattia Pascal is also published by NYRB Classics.

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