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Rita Guibert
Birth Date:5 December 1916
Birth Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Death Place:New York City, USA
Occupation:American author, journalist, editor, researcher and translator
Language:English, Spanish
Nationality:American
Education:BS in chemistry
Alma Mater:Universidad de Buenos Aires
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Notablework:SEVEN VOICES, Seven Latin American Writers Talk to Rita Guibert
Spouses:Raúl Guibert (m.1941-1962); Herbert Herzberg (m.1990-2004)
Children:Lidia Beatriz
Years Active:1957-2007

Rita Guibert (December 5, 1916 in Buenos Aires, Argentina  - December 5, 2007 in New York, US) was an American author,[1] journalist (print, television, radio), editor, researcher and translator.

Rita Guibert is best known as the author of the critically acclaimed[2] SEVEN VOICES Seven Latin American Writers Talk to Rita Guibert.[3] [4] The Seven Voices are in-depth tape recorded interviews of Pablo Neruda, Jorge Luis Borges, Miguel Angel Asturias, Octavio Paz, Julio Cortázar, Gabriel García Márquez and Guillermo Cabrera Infante. The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Pablo Neruda in 1971, Miguel Angel Asturias in 1967, Octavio Paz in 1990 and Gabriel García Márquez in 1982.Specific interviews of Gabriel García Márquez and Jorge Luis Borges conducted by Rita Guibert including text that was not included in SEVEN VOICES Seven Latin American Writers Talk to Rita Guibert [3] were also reprinted.[5] [6] [7]

Guibert was a reporter at LIFE en Español,[8] collaborated at the Latin American Desk of Associated Press [9] and was a member of the board of contributors at Nuestro.[10] Her articles have appeared in the Paris Review,[11] Intellectual Digest,[12] Review 72,[13] Vista Magazine [14] and Revista Iberoamerica.[15] [16] At ANACITEC, she was the Representative to the NGO-UN,[17] Vice President for Cultural Affairs and Editor of their newsletter.

Her personal interviews took her from the United States to Chile, England, France and Spain.[3] She interviewed Pablo Neruda in Isla Negra, Chile,[3] Jorge Luis Borges in Cambridge, Massachusetts,[3] Miguel Angel Asturias in Paris,[3] Octavio Paz in Churchill College, Cambridge,[3] Julio Cortázar in Paris,[3] Gabriel García Márquez in Barcelona and New York City,[3] and Guillermo Cabrera Infante in London.[3] She accompanied Pablo Neruda to Stockholm when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971.[3] After a few days in Stockholm, she traveled with Pablo Neruda and his wife to Warsaw to attend the Polish premiere of his play Splendor and Death of Joaquín Murieta.[3]

She translated multiple children's books into Spanish for Random House[18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] Farrar Straus and Giroux,[26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] E.P. Dutton [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] and Dial Press,[37] short stories and educational material for Scholastic,[38] as well as art catalogs for Chase Manhattan Bank Program.[39] The Museum of Modern Art,[40] and American Museum of Folk Art.[41] She was editor of Estancias, Las Grandes Haciendas de Argentina.[42] The book was published simultaneously in three editions: English, French and Spanish.

In 2015 Random House published Seven Voices; Seven Latin American Writers Talk to Rita Guibert as an e-book in English and Spanish.[43] [44]

Archives

The Princeton University Library's Rare Books and Special Collections Collection [45] announced the establishment of the Rita Guibert Collection of Latin American Authors in June 2015.[46] The collection includes audiocassette tapes containing her in-depth interviews with Latin American authors, including Pablo Neruda, Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel García Márquez, Octavio Paz, Julio Cortázar, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Manuel Puig, Carlos Fuentes and José Donoso as well as correspondence, interview and article drafts, galleys, proofs, and photographs associated with the author's work.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Latins in Manhattan. April 19, 1973. The New York Review of Books . Wood. Michael.
  2. Publishers Weekly . January 8, 1973 . Review of Seven Voices by Rita Guibert.
  3. Book: Rita Guibert . Seven Voices Seven Latin American Writers Talk to Rita Guibert . registration . . 1973 . 0394468880.
  4. Book: Rita Guibert . Siete Voces, Los más grandes escritores Latinoamericanos se confiesan con Rita Guibert . Organización Editorial Novaro, S.A. . 1974.
  5. Book: Guibert. Rita. Jose Luis Borges Conversations. 1998. University Press of Mississippi. 1-57806-076-1. 42–75.
  6. Book: Guibert. Rita. Jose Luis Borges: Conversations. 2008. Ewen. 978-7-5327-4415-2. 53–97.
  7. Book: Guibert. Rita. Conversations with Gabriel Garcia Marquez. 2006. University Press of Mississippi. 1-57806-783-9. 31–58.
  8. Books: South Toward Home. April 2, 1973. TIME.
  9. La Nación . 1989 . Interview of Rita Guibert . Graciela Melgarejo.
  10. Nuestro Magazine . Rita Guibert . May 1977 . Manuel Puig: Movies, Machismo and Masks.
  11. Pablo Neruda, The Art of Poetry No. 14. Rita Guibert. Spring 1971. The Paris Review . Spring 1971. 51.
  12. Intellectual Digest. Rita Guibert . The New Latin Wave, Octavio Paz .
  13. Review 72. Octavio Paz Talks about Pets, Poetry and the History of Poetry . Rita Guibert.
  14. Mexico: Splendors of Seven Centuries . Rita Guibert.
  15. Revista Iberoamerica. Guillermo Cabrera Infante: Conversacion sobre Tres tristes tigres. Rita Guibert.
  16. Revista Iberoamerica. Octavio Paz: Amor y Erotismo. Rita Guibert.
  17. News: Buenos Aires Herald. Sharing the benefits of the brain-drain. Edward Shaw.
  18. Book: Weitzel. Rick. Swanson. Maggie. Big Bird's Bedtime Story (Un cuento para la hora de dormir de Big Bird). 1992. Random House/Children's Television Workshop. 0-679-83471-0. Spanish translation by Rita Guibert.
  19. Book: Berenstain. Stan. Berenstain. Jan. Berenstain Bears in The Dark (Los Osos Berenstain en la oscuridad). 1992. Random House. 0-679-83470-2. Spanish edition translated by Rita Guibert.
  20. Book: Berenstain. Stan. Berenstain. Jan. Berenstain Bears and The Trouble with Friends (Los Osos Berenstain y las peleas entre amigos). 1992. Random House. 0-679-84006-0. Spanish edition translated by Rita Guibert.
  21. Book: Berenstain. Stan. Berenstain. Jan. Berenstain Bears and Too Much TV (Los Osos Berenstain y demasiada television). 1993. Random House. 0-679-84007-9. Spanish edition translated by Rita Guibert.
  22. Book: Berenstain. Stan. Berenstain. Jan. Berenstain Bears and Too Much Birthday (Los Osos Berenstain y demasiada fiesta). 1993. Random House. 0-785-71678-5. Spanish edition translated by Rita Guibert.
  23. Book: Berenstain. Stan. Berenstain. Jan. Berenstain Bears & The Babysitter (Los Osos Berenstain y la niñera). 1993. Random House. 0-679-84746-4. Spanish edition translated by Rita Guibert.
  24. Book: Berenstain. Stan. Berenstain. Jan. Berenstain Bears, No Girls Allowed (Los Osos Berenstain no se permiten niñas). 1994. Random House. 0-679-85431-2. Spanish edition translated by Rita Guibert.
  25. Book: Berenstain. Stan. Berenstain. Jan. Berenstain Bears' Moving Day in The Dark (Los Osos Berenstain dia de mudanza). 1992. Random House. 0-679-85430-4. Spanish edition translated by Rita Guibert.
  26. Book: Zemach. Margot. The Three Little Pigs, An Old Story (Los Tres Creditos, Un Cuento Tradicional). 1988. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 0-374-44572-9. Spanish translation by Rita Guibert.
  27. Book: Crowcher. Helen. Rain Forest (El Bosque Tropical). 1991. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 0-374-30900-0. Spanish translation by Rita Guibert.
  28. Book: Cowcher. Helen. Antarctic (Antártida). 1993. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 0-374-30370-3. Spanish translation by Rita Guibert.
  29. Book: Morozumi. Atsuko. Gorilla (Un gorilla). 1996. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Spanish translation by Rita Guibert.
  30. Book: Morozumi. Atsuko. My Friend Gorilla (Mi amigo gorilla). 1996. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 0-374-44831-0. Spanish translation by Rita Guibert.
  31. Book: Freschet. Gina. Naty's Parade (La Procesión de Naty). 2000. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 0-374-36136-3. Spanish translation by Rita Guibert.
  32. Book: Kraus. Robert. Milton The Early Riser (Milton el Madrugador). 1977. E.P. Dutton. 0-525-61560-1. Spanish translation by Rita Guibert.
  33. Book: Kraus. Robert. Herman The Helper (Jose el gran ayudante). 1977. E.P. Dutton. 0-525-61563-6. Spanish translation by Rita Guibert.
  34. Book: Kraus. Robert. Leo the Late Bloomer (Leo el Capullo Tardio). 1977. E.P. Dutton. Spanish translation by Rita Guibert.
  35. Book: Steig. William. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (Silvestre y la Piedrita Mágica). 1977. Windmill Books and E.P. Dutton. 0-525-61562-8. Spanish translation by Rita Guibert.
  36. Book: McPhail. David. Pigs Aplenty: Pigs Galore! (Cerdos a montones, cerdos a granel). 1996. E.P. Dutton. 0-525-45590-6. Spanish translation by Rita Guibert.
  37. Book: Hakes Noble. Trinka. The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash (El dia qu la boa de Jimmy se comió la ropa). 1996. Dial Press. 0-8037-2035-1. Spanish translation by Rita Guibert.
  38. Book: Cowcher. Helen. Antarctic (Antártida). 1997. Scholastic Cassettes, Scholastic Inc. 0-590-90503-1. Spanish translation by Rita Guibert.
  39. Book: Phillips. Lisa. Photoplay 1992, Works from the Chase Manhattan Collection. 1992. The Chase Manhattan Bank Art Program. Spanish translation by Rita Guibert.
  40. Book: Catalog of exhibition: Latin American Prints from The Museum of Modern Art, New York (Grabados Latinoamericanos del museo de Arte Moderno, Nueva York). 1974. International Council of the Museum of Modern Art and Center for Inter-American Relations. Spanish translation by Rita Guibert.
  41. Book: Hollander. Stacy C. Tradition and Change in American Folk Art (Tradiciones que sobreviven en el arte folklorico americano). 1991. American Museum of Folk Art Museum in association with United States Information Agency. Spanish translation by Rita Guibert.
  42. Book: Saenz Quesada. Maria. Estancias, Las Grandes Haciendas de Argentina. 1992. Abbeville Press. 1-55859-398-5.
  43. Book: Rita Guibert . Seven Voices Seven Latin American Writers Talk to Rita Guibert ebook . Vintage Books, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. 2015.
  44. Book: Rita Guibert . Siete Voces, Los más grandes escritores latinoamericanos se confiesan con Rita Guibert, eBook edition . Vintage Español, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. 2015.
  45. Web site: Princeton University Library Rare Books and Special Collections Manuscripts Collection (MSS) (C1502). July 10, 2015.
  46. Web site: Rita Guibert Collection of Latin American Authors (C1502). 6 July 2015 . January 1, 2016.

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