# Margaret Jull Costa
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Margaret Elisabeth Jull Costa OBE (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, Bernardo Atxaga, Carmen Martín Gaite, Javier Marías, and José Régio. She has won the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize more times than any other translator.
== Early life ==
Costa was born in Richmond upon Thames in 1949.
#111: One the Edge and Monospace
This week, Tom and Chad discuss the two Reading the World Book Club books for February: On the Edge by Rafael Chirbes, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa (New Directions), and Monospace by Anne Parian, translated from the French by Emma Ramadan (La Presse). Admittedly, neither of th…
Books that Took a Long Time to Finish
Books that took us a long time to finish. Why? We are not really sure. They were not doorstoppers, but yet, we started these books a while back and only finally managed to finish them now for this episode. If you are looking for incentives to finish that book you have also started months or years a…
Vanessa Feltz and Elvis McGonagall
Harriett Gilbert and her guests – BBC Radio 2’s Vanessa Feltz and performance poet, Elvis McGonagall - discuss books by Javier Marias. AA Milne and Jeff Torrington.
A Heart So white by Javier Marias, translated by Margaret Jull Costa
Publisher: Vintage
Two People by AA Milne
Publisher: Capuchin…
How I tried to fix the short story 'Heaven is Boring'
Read the story 'Heaven is Boring - An analysis of fantasy without conflict' on my website simonvanlaak.de or on substack.
My recommendation for this week is “Duet for Two Coughs” by Leopoldo Alas, 'Clarin' from "The Penguin Book of Spanish Short Stories" edited by Margaret Jull Costa.
Send me your…
Episode #37: There's Always This Year, by Hanif Abdurraqib
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss THERE'S ALWAYS THIS YEAR: ON BASKETBALL AND ASCENSION by Hanif Abdurraqib, and chat about their current reading.
For our next episode, we will discuss MIAOW by Benito Pérez Galdós, translated from the Spanish b…
Episode 110: The End: Last Lines That Stick the Landing
How do you wrap up a great book? in this episode, Paul and Trevor dive into the final sentences that left them stunned, satisfied, or haunted. From quiet farewells to explosive conclusions, we’re celebrating the art of the last line—and how a final passage can reshape everything that came before.
W…
Episode #38: Miaow, by Benito Pérez Galdós
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Dorian, Rebecca, and Frances as they discuss MIAOW by Benito Pérez Galdós, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa, and chat about their current reading.
For our next episode, we will discuss The Stone Door by Leonora Carrington. We would lov…
Episode 91: Fiction (Novels by Azar, Melchor, Lobo Antunes)
A few pages of the following books will be read:
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar, translated from the Persian by an anonymous translator
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor, translated from the Spanish by Sophie Hughes
The Land at the End of the World by Antonio Lobo Ant…
Vanessa Feltz and Elvis McGonagall
Harriett Gilbert and her guests – BBC Radio 2’s Vanessa Feltz and performance poet, Elvis McGonagall - discuss books by Javier Marias. AA Milne and Jeff Torrington.
A Heart So white by Javier Marias, translated by Margaret Jull Costa
Publisher: Vintage
Two People by AA Milne
Publisher: Capuchin…
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