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TRADUcat: Translators from catalan

This data base provides contact information on translators of Catalan literature who have recently-published translated works. This information is drawn from TRAC, a data base of translations of Catalan literature, and serves as a resource for those requiring information on literary translators who are currently active.

The data base can also include translators who have at least one work translated from Catalan to another language, in book format, and as the sole translator of that work. Translators can send us their name and contact information, in order to update our database. We welcome your comments, additions or corrections which may be e-mailed to us at: rcrespi@llull.cat or Llull general email.

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Dace Meiere

Dace Meiere

Dace Meiere (b. 1973, Latvia) is one of Latvia’s leading literary translators. After working as an interpreter and teaching Italian early in her professional life, she chose to dedicate herself entirely to literary translation.

She translates into Latvian primarily from Italian and Lithuanian, and less frequently from Spanish and Catalan. Over the past three decades, she has translated around 150 books for both adults and children. Her work has been widely praised by readers and critics alike and has received numerous literary awards and distinctions.

Her translations from Italian include works by Umberto Eco, Sandro Veronesi, Italo Calvino, Alessandro Baricco, Curzio Malaparte, and Elena Ferrante, among many others. From Spanish, she has translated authors such as Roberto Bolaño, Javier Marías, Irene Vallejo, and Carlos Ruiz Zafón.

From Catalan, she has translated Jaume Cabré’s Confessions (Jo confesso), Albert Sánchez Piñol’s Cold Skin (La pell freda), as well as several children’s books.

She hopes to devote an even greater part of her work to Catalan literature in the years ahead. Several exciting translation projects are already waiting on her desk.
Target language: Latvian
Genre: Children's and Young Adult Books, Fiction
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