# Nick Caistor

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'''Nick Caistor''' (born 15 July 1946) is a British translator and journalist, best known for his translations of [Spanish](/source/Spanish_literature), [French](/source/French_literature), and [Portuguese literature](/source/Portuguese_literature). He is a past winner of the [Valle-Inclán Prize](/source/Valle-Incl%C3%A1n_Prize) for translation.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.societyofauthors.org/Prizes/Translation-Prizes/Valle-Inclan/Past-winners| title = Premio Valle Inclán: Past Winners| date = April 10, 2020 | accessdate = October 14, 2020 | website = societyofauthors.org }}</ref> He is a regular contributor to [BBC Radio 4](/source/BBC_Radio_4), the [BBC World Service](/source/BBC_World_Service), ''[The Times Literary Supplement](/source/The_Times_Literary_Supplement)'', and ''[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)''.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/profile/nick-caistor | title = The Guardian: Nick Caistor | date = March 6, 2020 | accessdate = October 14, 2020|newspaper = The Guardian }}</ref> He lives in [Norwich](/source/Norwich), and is married to fellow translator [Amanda Hopkinson](/source/Amanda_Hopkinson), with whom he frequently collaborates in his translation work.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.rlf.org.uk/fellowships/nick-caistor/| title = Nick Caistor, Non-fiction writer, Translator| accessdate = October 16, 2014| publisher = Royal Literary Fund}}</ref>

==As translator==
* [Luis Gutiérrez Maluenda](/source/Luis_Guti%C3%A9rrez_Maluenda), ''Music for the Dead'' 
* [César Aira](/source/C%C3%A9sar_Aira), ''The Hare'' 
* [Roberto Arlt](/source/Roberto_Arlt), ''The Seven Madmen'' 
* [Dulce Chacón](/source/Dulce_Chac%C3%B3n), ''The Sleeping Voice''
* [Paulo Coelho](/source/Paulo_Coelho), ''The Devil and Miss Prym'' (with Amanda Hopkinson)
* [Edgardo Cozarinsky](/source/Edgardo_Cozarinsky), ''The Bride from Odessa''
* Edgardo Cozarinsky, ''The Moldavian Pimp''
* [Rolo Diez](/source/Rolo_Diez), ''Tequila Blue''
* [Eugenio Dittborn](/source/Eugenio_Dittborn), ''Mapa: Airmail Paintings'' (with Claudia Rousseau)
* [Carlos María Domínguez](/source/Carlos_Mar%C3%ADa_Dom%C3%ADnguez), ''The House of Paper'' (with Peter Sis)
* [Ildefonso Falcones](/source/Ildefonso_Falcones), ''Cathedral of the Sea''
* [Rodolfo Fogwill](/source/Rodolfo_Fogwill), ''Malvinas Requiem''
* [Alicia Gimenez-Bartlett](/source/Alicia_Gimenez-Bartlett), ''Dog Day''
* Alicia Gimenez-Bartlett, ''Prime Time Suspect''
* [Martín Kohan](/source/Mart%C3%ADn_Kohan), ''Seconds Out''
* Martín Kohan, ''School For Patriots''
* [Pedro Mairal](/source/Pedro_Mairal), ''The Missing Year of Juan Salvatierra''
* [Juan Marsé](/source/Juan_Mars%C3%A9), ''Shanghai Nights''
* [Alberto Méndez](/source/Alberto_M%C3%A9ndez), ''Blind Sunflowers''
* [Eduardo Mendoza](/source/Eduardo_Mendoza_Garriga), ''A Light Comedy''
* Eduardo Mendoza, ''An Englishman in Madrid''
* Eduardo Mendoza, ''The Year of the Flood'' 
* Eduardo Mendoza, ''The Mystery of the Enchanted Crypt'' 
* Eduardo Mendoza, ''No Word from Gurb''
* [Andrés Neuman](/source/Andr%C3%A9s_Neuman), ''Talking to Ourselves''
* Andrés Neuman, ''Traveler of the Century'' (with  Lorenza Garcia)
* [Juan Carlos Onetti](/source/Juan_Carlos_Onetti), ''The Shipyard''
* [Guillermo Orsi](/source/Guillermo_Orsi), ''No-one Loves a Policeman'' 
* Guillermo Orsi, ''Holy City'' 
* [Hernando Calvo Ospina](/source/Hernando_Calvo_Ospina), ''¡Salsa!: Havana Heat, Bronx Beat''
* [Isabel Allende](/source/Isabel_Allende), ''[The Japanese Lover](/source/The_Japanese_Lover)''
* Isabel Allende, ''[In the Midst of Winter](/source/In_the_Midst_of_Winter)''
* [Félix J. Palma](/source/F%C3%A9lix_J._Palma), ''The Map of Time''
* Félix J. Palma, ''The Map of the Sky''
* [Alan Pauls](/source/Alan_Pauls), ''The Past''
* [Napoleón Baccino Ponce de León](/source/Napole%C3%B3n_Baccino_Ponce_de_Le%C3%B3n), ''Five Black Ships: A Novel of the Discoverers''
* [Carmen Posadas](/source/Carmen_Posadas), ''Child's Play'' (with [Amanda Hopkinson](/source/Amanda_Hopkinson))
* [Julián Ríos](/source/Juli%C3%A1n_R%C3%ADos), ''Procession of Shadows''
* [Alonso Salazar](/source/Alonso_Salazar), ''Born to Die in Medellín'' (with introduction by Colin Harding)
* [Carolina Sanín](/source/Carolina_Sanin), ''The Children''
* [José Saramago](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Saramago), ''Journey to Portugal'' (with Amanda Hopkinson)
* [Lorenzo Silva](/source/Lorenzo_Silva), ''The Faint-Hearted Bolshevik'' (with Isabelle Kaufeler)
* [Dominique Sylvain](/source/Dominique_Sylvain), ''The Dark Angel: A Diesel and Jost Investigation''
* [Valérie Tasso](/source/Val%C3%A9rie_Tasso), ''Insatiable: The Erotic Adventures Of A French Girl In Spain''
* [Manuel Vázquez Montalbán](/source/Manuel_V%C3%A1zquez_Montalb%C3%A1n), ''The Buenos Aires Quintet (Pepe Carvalho Mysteries)''
* Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, ''Tattoo''
* Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, ''The Man of My Life''
* [Pedro Zarraluki](/source/Pedro_Zarraluki), ''The History of Silence''

==As author, co-author, or editor==
* ''Mexico'' (DK Eyewitness Travel Guides) (with Maria Doulton and Petra Fischer)
* ''[Che Guevara](/source/Che_Guevara): A Life''
* ''The Rainstick Pack'' (Sacred Earth Series)
* ''The World in View: Spain''
* ''The World in View: Argentina''
* ''The World in View: Israel''
* ''Picking Up the Pieces: Corruption and Democracy in Peru'' (LAB Short Books) (with Susana Villaran)
* ''Columbus's Egg: New Latin American Stories on the Conquest'' (editor) 
* ''[Fidel Castro](/source/Fidel_Castro)'' (Critical Lives) 
* ''Buenos Aires''
* ''Mexico City: A Cultural and Literary Companion'' (Cities of the Imagination)
* ''Chile in Focus: A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture''
* ''Argentina in Focus: A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture''
* ''The Faber Book of Contemporary Latin American Short Stories'' (editor)
* ''Nicaragua in Focus: A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture'' (with Hazel Plunkett)

==References==
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