Frances López-Morillas, née Frances Elinor Mapes (September 3, 1918 – November 6, 2018) was an American translator of Spanish-language literature into English.
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Biography
López-Morillas was born in Fulton, Missouri, and raised in Iowa City, Iowa, as the daughter of Erwin Kempton Mapes, who was also a prominent scholar of Spanish-language literature.[1] She was married to the noted Hispanic scholar Juan López-Morillas from 1937 until his death in 1997.[2] She was the translator of 23 Spanish literary and scholarly books, including works by Pérez Galdós, Camilo José Cela, Miguel Delibes, and Jorge Luis Borges.[3][4] She also taught at the Wheeler School in Providence, Rhode Island, where she died at the age of 100.[1]
Translations
- C.J. Cela, Journey to the Alcarria: Travels through the Spanish Countryside, 1964
- J. Marias, Miguel de Unamuno, 1966
- J.V. Vives, An Economic History of Spain, 1969
- J. Marias, Jose Ortega y Gasset: Circumstance and Vocation, 1970
- Spain in the Fifteenth Century, ed. by R. Highfield, 1972
- A. Boulton, Cruz Diez, 1974
- A. Boulton, Soto, 1974
- A. de Orsua y Vela, Tales of Potosi, 1975
- A. Boulton, Art in Aboriginal Venezuelan Ceramics, 1978
- J. Lopez-Morillas, The Krausist Movement and Ideological Change in Spain, 1981
- F. Savater, Childhood Regained, 1981
- M. Delibes, The Hedge, 1983
- J.L. Borges, Nine Essays on Dante, 1984
- B.P. Galdos, Torquemada, 1986
- M. Delibes, Five Hours with Mario, 1988
- C.M. Gaite, Behind the Curtains, 1990
- M. Delibes, The Stuff of Heroes, 1990
- J. Marias, Understanding Spain, 1990
- L. Weckmann, The Medieval Heritage of Mexico, 1992
- A.N. Cabeza de Vaca, Castaways: The Narrative of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, edited by E. Pupo-Walker, 1993
- Selected Writings of Andres Bello, ed. by I. Jaksic, 1997
- J. de Acosta, Natural and Moral History of the Indies (1590), 2002
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