Richard Dixon (translator)
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.
Life
Richard Dixon was born in Coventry, in 1956. He was educated at King Henry VIII School and Lanchester Polytechnic, where he graduated in Business Law. He practised as a barrister in London for ten years before moving to Italy in 1989, where he now lives.Selected translations
The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco, 2011: shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, 2012Inventing the Enemy by Umberto Eco, 2012Zibaldone by Giacomo Leopardi, 2013The Combover by Adrián N. Bravi, 2013- Author’s revisions to The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, 2014Ardor by Roberto Calasso, 2014The Art of the Publisher by Roberto Calasso, 2015Numero Zero by Umberto Eco, 2015: John Florio Prize, 2016: Commended translation Dante: The Story of His Life by Marco Santagata, 2016Distant Light by Antonio Moresco, 2016: shortlisted for the American Literary Translators Association Italian Prose in Translation Award, 2017, shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award, 2018The Experience of Pain by Carlo Emilio Gadda, 2017 Chronicles of a Liquid Society by Umberto Eco, 2017The Ruin of Kasch by Roberto Calasso, 2018The Javelin Thrower by Paolo Volponi, 2019The Unnamable Present by Roberto Calasso, 2019Crossing the Rubicon: Caesar’s Decision and the Fate of Rome by Luca Fezzi, 2019The Celestial Hunter by Roberto Calasso, 2020The Lehman Trilogy by Stefano Massini, 2020How to Spot a Fascist by Umberto Eco, 2020Valse Triste by Marcello Fois, 2021The Book of Nonexistent Words by Stefano Massini, 2021South 1982 by Adrián N. Bravi, 2022Clandestinity by Antonio Moresco, 2022Philosophy of the Home: Domestic Space and Happiness by Emanuele Coccia, 2024The World Machine by Paolo Volponi, 2024Hope:The Autobiography by Pope Francis, 2025The Geek of Chic by Federico Marchetti, 2025There Was a Time for Such a Word by Gianni Solla, 2025