The Penguin Book of Spanish Short Stories
edited anthology · First published 2021
Author guide
Margaret Jull Costa Books in Order
Margaret Jull Costa is a British literary translator whose work has brought Spanish- and Portuguese-language fiction, poetry, and short stories to English-language readers. She has also edited major anthologies, including collections of Spanish and Portuguese short fiction, and has received multiple major translation prizes.
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The Penguin Book of Spanish Short Stories
The most recent and broadest overview of her editorial work, gathering more than fifty Spanish short stories.
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Edited works (3)
- The Dedalus Book of Spanish Fantasy
edited anthology · 1999
- Take Six
edited anthology · 2018
Take Six is a celebration of six remarkable Portuguese women writers: Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Agustina Bessa-Luís, Maria Judite de Carvalho, Helia Correia, Teolinda Gersão and Lídia Jorge. They are all past mistresses of the…
- The Penguin Book of Spanish Short Stories
edited anthology · 2021
Frequently asked questions about Margaret Jull Costa
Who is Margaret Jull Costa?
Margaret Jull Costa is a British literary translator known for bringing Spanish- and Portuguese-language fiction and poetry to English-language readers.
What languages does Margaret Jull Costa translate?
She translates primarily from Portuguese and Spanish, working across fiction and poetry.
How did Margaret Jull Costa become a literary translator?
She discovered translation while studying Spanish and later pursued Spanish and Portuguese at university. Her professional career began with short translations for Granta, followed by her first novel translation in the 1980s.
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What inspired Margaret Jull Costa to pursue translation?
She has described falling in love with translation after rendering a passage from Carmen Laforet’s Nada into English. She was drawn to the way translation combines her love of reading, writing, and close attention to language.
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What awards and honours has Margaret Jull Costa received?
She has won the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize three times, including for translations of works by José Saramago and Eça de Queiroz. In 2014, she was appointed an OBE for services to literature.
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