Suzanne Jill Levine, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Suzanne Jill Levine

Date of Birth: 21-Oct-1946

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Profession: translator, journalist, literary critic

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Suzanne Jill Levine (born October 21, 1946) is an American writer, poet, literary translator, critic and scholar.
Levine was born on October 21, 1946 in New York City. She earned a BA at Vassar College in 1967, an MA at Columbia University in 1969, and a PhD at New York University in 1976.
She specializes in Translation Studies (her book The Subversive Scribe (1991) was influential on the development of translation theory in the USA and elsewhere) and Latin American literature.
Some of her most best known translations include works by Jorge Luis Borges, Manuel Puig, Adolfo Bioy Casares, and Guillermo Cabrera Infante.
She wrote the biography Manuel Puig and the Spider Woman: His Life and Fictions (2001), published by the University of Wisconsin Press. Levine is an honorary member of IAPTI.