What is Gregory Rabassa?
'''Gregory Rabassa''' (March 9, 1922 – June 13, 2016) was an [[Americans|American]] [[literature|literary]] [[Translation|translator]] from [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] to [[English language|English]]. He taught for many years at [[Columbia University]] and [[Queens College]].<ref name=abcobit>{{Cite news|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/gregory-rabassa-renowned-translator-dead-94-39844639|title=Gregory Rabassa, Renowned Translator, Dead at 94|publisher=ABC News|access-date=June 14, 2016}}</ref> He worked primarily out of [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]. He made [[English-language]] versions of the works of several major Latin American novelists, including [[Julio Cortázar]], [[Jorge Amado]] and [[Gabriel García Márquez]]. On the advice of Cortázar, García Márquez waited three years for Rabassa to schedule translating ''[[One Hundred Years of Solitude]]''. He later declared Rabassa's translation to be better to the Spanish original. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rabassa, Gregory}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Educators from New York City]] [[Category:Writers from New York City]] {{US-bio-stub}}