Stephen Sartarelli (born 1954 in Youngstown, Ohio) is an American poet and translator.
Life
editSartarelli graduated from Antioch College and New York University.[1] Specializing in translations from French and Italian into English, among other things he has translated the popular Inspector Montalbano series of detective novels written by the Italian writer Andrea Camilleri.[2]
Sartarelli lives in France with his wife.
Awards
edit- 1984 Poggioli Translation Award for Horrcynus Orca by Stefano D'Arrigo[3]
- 2001 Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Award from The Academy of American Poets for Songbook: The Selected Poems of Umberto Saba.
Works
editPoetry
edit- "Seasons of Mars". New Arcadia Review.
- "Lament for the Bamiyan Buddhas". Titanic Operas. Archived from the original on 2010-07-15.
- "Openings, Endings". Titanic Operas. Archived from the original on 2010-07-15.
- The Open Vault. Spuyten Duyvil. 2001. ISBN 978-1-881471-52-3.
- The Runaway Woods. Spuyten Duyvil. 2000. ISBN 978-1-881471-45-5.
- Grievances and Other Poems. Gnosis Press. 1989. ISBN 978-0-922792-04-7.
Essays
edit- "Where Did Our Love Go?". The Nation. December 24, 2003.
Translations
editPoetry
edit- Nanni Cagnone, The Book of Giving Back (Edgewise Press, 1997),
- Umberto Saba (1998). Songbook: Selected Poems from the Canzoniere. Translator Stephen Sartarelli. Sheep Meadow Press. ISBN 978-1-878818-52-2.
- Pasolini, Pier Paolo (2014). The Selected Poetry of Pier Paolo Pasolini. The University of Chicago Press. p. 494. ISBN 978-0-226-64844-6.
Prose
edit- Death in Florence, by Marco Vichi (Hodder & Stoughton, 2013)
- Prince of the Clouds, by Gianni Riotta (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2000).
- The Plague-Sower, by Gesualdo Bufalino (1988).
- The House on Moon Lake, by Francesca Duranti (1985).
- Andrea Camilleri (2007). The Patience of the Spider. Translator Stephen Sartarelli. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-311203-7.
- Andrea Camilleri (2002). The Shape of Water. Translator Stephen Sartarelli. Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-03092-7.
- Roberto Calasso (1994). The Ruin of Kasch. Translator William Weaver, Stephen Sartarelli. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-78026-2.
Stephen Sartarelli.
- Laurent Gaudé (2008). The House of Scorta. Translator Stephen Sartarelli, Sophie Hawkes. Random House, Inc. ISBN 978-0-385-66357-1.
- Giacomo Casanova (2001). The Story of My Life. Translator Stephen Sartarelli, Sophie Hawkes. Penguin Classics. ISBN 978-0-14-043915-1.
References
edit- ^ "Stephen Sartarelli - Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More". www.poets.org. Archived from the original on 2008-09-28.
- ^ "Andrea Camilleri Author Page (Italian-mysteries.com)". italian-mysteries.com. Retrieved Mar 21, 2021.
- ^ The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1985. New York: Newspaper Enterprise Association, Inc. 1984. p. 415. ISBN 0-911818-71-5.
External links
edit- "Poissonally in poisson" - Interview with Stephen Sartarelli on the Anglo-Italian blog Detective Beyond Borders
- Interview with Stephen Sartarelli on the program "Best Medicine" of Australian radio network 88.3 Southern FM