Juan Mascaró

Juan Mascaró
Born(1897-12-08)8 December 1897
Santa Margarita, Mallorca, Spain
Died19 March 1987(1987-03-19) (aged 89)
Comberton, Cambridge, UK
OccupationTranslator
Known forTranslations of classic books from Sanskrit to English, Spanish and Catalan
SpouseKathleen Ellis (1951)
Children2

Joan Mascaró (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈam məskəˈɾo]), generally known as Juan (Spanish for Joan) (8 December 1897 – 19 March 1987) was a Spanish translator. He used the Spanish spelling of his name (Juan) because the Catalan spelling (Joan) is the same as that of the female English name "Joan".

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