Norman Thomas di Giovanni (October 3, 1933 – February 16, 2017)[1][2] was an American-born editor and translator known for his collaboration with Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges.
First published on several occasions in The New Yorker, the translations appeared in book form in 1972 as Selected Poems, 1923–1967 with the Spanish and English versions on facing pages.
[6] After Borges returned to Buenos Aires he invited di Giovanni to join him there and begin working with him on English versions of ten of his books.
[12] Di Giovanni also wrote the novel Novecento, published in the US and UK as 1900, based on the similarly titled film by Bernardo Bertolucci.
[4] He was survived by his ex-wife Dr. Heather Booth di Giovanni (whom he married in 1969 in Buenos Aires, with Borges and his then wife Elsa as witnesses),[14] their two children, Tom and Derek, and his long-time partner Susan Ashe.