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- Birth nameEdith Marion Dorph
- Edith Grossman was born on March 22, 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Stardust Memories (1980), American Experience (1987) and PBS NewsHour (1975). She was married to Norman Grossman. She died on September 4, 2023 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseNorman Grossman(1965 - 1984) (divorced, 2 children)
- Perhaps the most noted translator of Spanish literature into English working today(c. 2005). She has translated many works of Mario Vargas Llosa, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and, in 2003, what is considered the greatest Spanish classic ever written - the novel "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes. That translation has been acclaimed as the definitive English version of the great classic. Her translation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel, "Memories of my Melancholy Whores", was published in October 2005.
- Winner of the University of Pennsylvania's 2005 Distinguished Alumni Award.
- 2007: She has recently published her English translation of Mario Vargas Llosa's latest novel, "Travesuras de la niña mala", under the title "The Bad Girl".
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