Patricia Felisa Barbeito

Patricia Felisa Barbeito is an American translator and professor of literature. She teaches at the Rhode Island School of Design and has translated works from Greek to English, including books by Menis Koumandareas, Elias Maglinis, Tatiana Averoff, M. Karagatsis, and Amanda Michalopoulou. She has won several award for her translations, including a 2022 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the 2013 Constantinides Memorial Translation Prize.

Career

Barbeito is currently Professor of American Literatures at the Rhode Island School of Design. She did her undergraduate education at Brandeis University, and master's degree and Ph.D. in comparative literature at Harvard University.[1]

In addition to her academic work, Barbeito is a translator of Greek literature to English. She has translated works by Menis Koumandareas, Elias Maglinis, Tatiana Averoff, M. Karagatsis and Amanda Michacholopoulou.[2] Her translations of shorter works, including short stories and poetry have been published in anthologies of Greek writing published by Penguin Books,[3] in Words Without Borders[4][5] PEN/America, Asymptote Blog, Words Without Borders, Catapult, InTranslation, and Exchanges.[6] She has won several awards for her work: she has won a fellowship from the National Endowment of Arts,[7] has been shortlisted for the 2014 Greek National Translation Award,[8] and has been the winner of the Constantinides Memorial Translation Prize.[9]

Bibliography

Translations (from Greek to English):

  • Menis Koumandareas, Their Smell Makes Me Want to Cry (co-translated by Vangelis Calotychos, Birmingham Modern Greek Translations, 2004) ISBN 0-704-42425-8
  • Elias Maglinis, The Interrogation (Birmingham Modern Greek Translations, 2013) ISBN 9-780-70442-8294
  • Tatiana Averōph-Iōannou, Averoff : portrait of the politician as a young man (Oxford University Press, 2018) ISBN 1-788-74122-6
  • M. Karagatsis, The Great Chimera (Aiora, 2019) ISBN 9-786-18504-8990
  • Amanda Michacholopoulou, God's Wife (Dalkey Archive Press, 2019) ISBN 9-781-62897-3372

Awards and honors
  • 2013 Modern Greek Studies Association's Constantinides Memorial Translation Prize for translating Elias Maglinis’ The Interrogation[7]
  • 2014: Shortlist, Greek National Translation Award for translating Elias Maglinis’ The Interrogation[7]
  • 2020: Shortlist, National Translation Award for translating Amanda Michacholopoulou's God's Wife[7]
  • 2022: Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts, for the translation of M. Karagatsis's novel, Junkermann.[7]

References
  1. "Patricia Barbeito | RISD". www.risd.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  2. "Patricia Felisa Barbeito". Words Without Borders. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  3. Dyck, Karen Van. "Austerity Measures". www.penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  4. Dimitriou, Sotiris. "From "God Tells Them All"". Words Without Borders. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  5. Gkourogiannis, Vassilis. "Nazif the Turk from Ioannina". Words Without Borders. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  6. "Patricia Felisa Barbeito". www.arts.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  7. "Meet the Translation Fellows". www.arts.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  8. "Catapult | Patricia Felisa Barbeito". Catapult. 2015-09-21. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  9. "Patricia Felisa Barbeito". Aiora Press. 2019-06-12. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
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