36 Published BooksNorman Thomas di Giovanni
Norman Thomas di Giovanni was an American editor and translator best known for his collaboration with Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. After studying Romance languages at Antioch College, he worked with Spanish poet Jorge Guillén before meeting Borges in 1967. Their partnership led to English translations of several of Borges’s works, including The Book of Imaginary Beings and The Aleph and Other Stories. Borges praised di Giovanni’s translations, considering some superior to the originals. However, after Borges’s death, his widow revoked di Giovanni’s rights to the translations, replacing them with new versions. Di Giovanni also wrote Novecento, based on the film 1900, and lived in England for many years.
