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William Weaver

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born

July 24, 1923 in Virginia, The United States

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Translations, Monographs

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William Weaver is perhaps best known for his translations of the work of Umberto Eco and Italo Calvino, and has translated many other Italian authors over the course of a career spanning more than fifty years. In addition to prose, he has translated Italian poetry and opera libretti, and has worked as a critic and commentator on the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts.

Born in the U.S. state of Virginia and educated at Princeton University B.A. summa cum laude in 1946, with postgraduate study at the University of Rome in 1949.[2] Weaver was an ambulance driver in Italy during World War II for the American Field Service, and lived primarily in Italy after the end of the war. Through his friendships with Elsa Morante, Alberto Moravia and other...more

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Books by William Weaver

Average rating: 3.98 · 105,793 ratings · 5,990 reviews · 63 distinct works

	Open City : Seven Writers in Postwar Rome : Ignazio Silone, Giorgio Bassani, Alberto Moravia, Elsa Morante, Natalia Ginzburg, Carlo Levi, Carlo Emili by William Weaver, Ignazio Silone, Giorgio Bassani 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1999	My rating:
	Culinary Ephemera (California Studies in Food and Culture, 30) 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Sauer's Herbal Cures: America's First Book of Botanic Healing, 1762-1778 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2000	My rating:
	The Golden Century of Italian Opera from Rossini to Puccini 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1980 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Duse: A Biography 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1984 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Puccini 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	Puccini Companion 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1962	My rating:
	Untutored Lines: The Making of the English Epyllion 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	Verdi: A Documentary Study 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1978	My rating:
	Verdi by William Weaver, Giuseppe Verdi 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1977	My rating: