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Quintin Hoare (born 1938) is a British leftist intellectual and literary translator from languages including Italian, French, German, Russian and Bosnian.[1]
Quintin Hoare | |
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Born | 1938 (age 85–86) |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Oxford University |
Occupation(s) | Literary translator and editor |
Spouse | Branka Magas |
Children | Marko Attila Hoare |
Awards | John Florio Prize; Scott Moncrieff Prize; Schlegel-Tieck Prize |
After studying Modern Languages at Oxford University, in 1962 Hoare joined the editorial board of New Left Review, serving as its managing editor from 1963 to 1979.[1] He and his wife, the Croatian historian Branka Magas, eventually resigned in 1993.[1] Hoare was a founding editor of the journal Labour Focus on Eastern Europe, a founding member in 1993 of the Alliance to Defend Bosnia-Herzegovina, and in 1997 became director of the Bosnian Institute.[2]
Hoare edited the Pelican Marx Library, which ran to eight volumes. As a translator, he has worked in several languages, winning major awards for his translations from Italian, French and German: the John Florio Prize in 1978/9 for Antonio Gramsci's Selections from Political Writings 1921–26,[3] the Scott Moncrieff Prize in 1984 for Sartre's War Diaries, and the Schlegel-Tieck Prize in 1989 for Hermann Grab's short stories.[1]
Hoare's son is the historian Marko Attila Hoare.
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