Alessandro Achilli - Translator
Milano, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy
Translations and editing. I have translated books by Anne Enright, Leonard Cohen, Pauls Toutonghi, Marcus O’Dair, Michael King etc.
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Overview
I’ve been working in the publishing industry since 1985 (when my first translations were published), not only on translations but also on editing and translation revisions. I have translated books by (Booker Prize winner) Anne Enright, Leonard Cohen, Isaac Asimov, Pauls Toutonghi, Timothy White, Jerry Hopkins among others, and as a translations reviser I have worked on many more different genres (for example thriller and mystery) and writers: Annie Dillard, Jennifer Clement, Chinua Achebe, Wallace Stegner, Deborah Levy, Elizabeth McCracken, Ariel Levy, Howard Jacobson, Amy Gentry, Michael Cunningham, Michel Faber, James Grady, Rick Moody, Marina Abramović, Patti Smith, Jonathan Coe etc. for renowned publishing companies like Bompiani, Feltrinelli, Giunti, Garzanti, Baldini & Castoldi etc.
In 2016 I’ve been invited in Dublin by the Royal Irish Academy to take part to the panel discussion «Translating Anne Enright: Anne Enright in conversation with four of her European translators».
And I was invited to talk about my translation of The Authorised Biography of Robert Wyatt by «Festivaletteratura» in Mantova, and by «Napoli Teatro Festival sezione letteratura».
Services
Book Translation
Languages
English to Italian
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs
Music
Writing & Publishing
Fiction
Contemporary Fiction
Work experience
freelance
Self-employed
November, 2015
–
Present
(over 7 years)
translations, translation revisions, editing
freelance
Giunti Bizarre
July, 1995
–
July, 1996
(about 1 year)
translation revisions, editing
senior editor
«Musica Jazz» magazine
May, 1994
–
October, 2015
(over 21 years)
freelance
Arcana publishing company
January, 1992
–
June, 1995
(over 3 years)
translations, translation revisions, editing
Portfolio (7 selected works)
La strada verde
Anne Enright
Rosaleen Madigan è una donna forte, forse troppo, un’irresistibile matriarca irlandese da cui prima o poi bisogna allontanarsi, se si vuole sopravviverle. Dei quattro figli solo Constance è rimasta nella contea di Clare, presa nelle spire di una vita troppo prevedibile; gli altri hanno cercato di sfuggire alla personalità ingombrante della madre, ma non è detto che ci siano del tutto riusciti.... read more
Stranger Music
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen's legacy is that of one of the most literate, daring, and affecting poet-songwriters in the world. Stranger Music presents a magnificent cross-section of Cohen's work - including the legendary songs 'Suzanne', 'Joan of Arc' and 'The Chelsea Hotel', and elections from such books as Flowers for Hitler, Beautiful Losers, and Death of a Lady's Man, and eleven previously unpublished p... read more
Bob Marley
Timothy White
Non si conosce l'esatta data di nascita di Bob Marley, giamaicano di Kingston, rasta coi dreadlocks, che avrebbe voluto far ritorno nella Madre Africa presso l'imperatore d'Etiopia, l'adorato ras Tafari Halié Selassié, e che morì senza volersi far curare dai medici ‟truffatori” per un tumore al cervello nel 1981, un mese dopo aver ricevuto una delle massime onorificenze giamaicane, l'Order of ... read more
Smarrito cane
Pauls Toutonghi
Il 10 ottobre del 1998 Fielding Marshall, un programmatore informatico di ventisette anni, sta facendo un'escursione sugli Appalachi con il suo cane Gonker, sei anni, metà golden retriever. Gonker scatta in avanti e sparisce nella foresta. Ha il morbo di Addison e ventitré giorni per sopravvivere senza le medicine che prende regolarmente: deve fare un'iniezione una volta al mese per tenere la ... read more
Jim Morrison. Vita e parole del re lucertola
Jerry Hopkins
Enchanting, large format, diary entry biography of this enigmatic artist. Much detail. Many photos.
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