Dixon, Richard
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- Rome up close, 1995:t.p. (Richard Dixon)
- The Prague cemetery, 2011:ECIP t.p. (Richard Dixon)
- b. July 26, 1956; graduated from Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry; practiced full-time as a barrister until 1989; has worked full-time as a translator from Italian to English since 1996; together with Peter Greene, wrote Italy on backroads ( (Author's website, July 28, 2011) )
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Richard Dixon is an English translator of Italian literature. He translated the last works of Umberto Eco, including his novels The Prague Cemetery, shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2012, and Numero Zero, commended by the judges of the John Florio Prize, 2016. He has also translated works by Giacomo Leopardi, Roberto Calasso and Antonio Moresco.
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