Famous translators

person who translates written text from one language to another

1,428 people

All Alive Deceased
Herta Müller

Herta Müller

1953 · Age 72
Alive
Lope de Vega

Lope de Vega

1562 – 1635 · Age 72
Deceased
Stefan Zweig

Stefan Zweig

1881 – 1942 · Age 60
Deceased
Ivan Bunin

Ivan Bunin

1870 – 1953 · Age 83
Deceased
Czesław Miłosz

Czesław Miłosz

1911 – 2004 · Age 93
Deceased
Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope

1688 – 1744 · Age 56
Deceased
Joseph Brodsky

Joseph Brodsky

1940 – 1996 · Age 55
Deceased
Octavio Paz

Octavio Paz

1914 – 1998 · Age 84
Deceased
Heinrich Böll

Heinrich Böll

1917 – 1985 · Age 67
Deceased
Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle

1795 – 1881 · Age 85
Deceased
Wisława Szymborska

Wisława Szymborska

1923 – 2012 · Age 88
Deceased
Paul Verlaine

Paul Verlaine

1844 – 1896 · Age 51
Deceased
Jean Racine

Jean Racine

1639 – 1699 · Age 59
Deceased
J. M. Coetzee

J. M. Coetzee

1940 · Age 86
Alive
Sigrid Undset

Sigrid Undset

1882 – 1949 · Age 67
Deceased
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1807 – 1882 · Age 75
Deceased
Milan Kundera

Milan Kundera

1929 – 2023 · Age 94
Deceased
Jean Le Rond d'Alembert

Jean Le Rond d'Alembert

1717 – 1783 · Age 65
Deceased
Giacomo Leopardi

Giacomo Leopardi

1798 – 1837 · Age 38
Deceased
Isaac Bashevis Singer

Isaac Bashevis Singer

1903 – 1991 · Age 87
Deceased
Wole Soyinka

Wole Soyinka

1934 · Age 91
Alive
Ezra Pound

Ezra Pound

1885 – 1972 · Age 87
Deceased
Karel Čapek

Karel Čapek

1890 – 1938 · Age 48
Deceased
Nelly Sachs

Nelly Sachs

1891 – 1970 · Age 78
Deceased
Mikhail Lomonosov

Mikhail Lomonosov

1711 – 1765 · Age 53
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q333634