Margaret Jull Costa
Margaret Jull Costa | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 2, 1949 |
| Occupation | Translator |
| Language | English Spanish Portuguese |
| Alma mater | University of Bristol Stanford University |
| Notable works | Translations of All the Names,The Maias |
| Notable awards | Dublin Literary Award (1997) |
Margaret Elisabeth Jull Costa OBE, OIH (born 2 May 1949) is a British translator of Portuguese- and Spanish-language fiction and poetry, including the works of Nobel Prize winner José Saramago, Eça de Queiroz, Fernando Pessoa, Paulo Coelho, Bernardo Atxaga, Carmen Martín Gaite, Javier Marías, and José Régio. She has won the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize more times than any other translator.