Suzanne Jill Levine

The translator of over 40 books of major Latin American writers of the 20th century, Suzanne Jill Levine‘s critical works include Manuel Puig and the Spider Woman: His Life and Fictions (FSG) and The Subversive Scribe: Translating Latin American Fiction.  A Guggenheim Fellow, her many national and international honors include a lifetime achievement award from PEN. Her rendition of Julio Cortázar’s All Fire the Fire has recently been reissued by New Directions, and her latest is Guadalupe Nettel’s Bezoar and Other Unsettling Stories for Seven Stories Press.  She is Professor Emerita (UCSB) and lives in Santa Barbara.