Gregory Kolovakos (July 30, 1951 – April 16, 1990) was an American literary translator and activist, best known as a translator of Latin American literature by writers such as Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar, José Donoso and Mario Vargas Llosa,[1] and as the founding executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.[2]
He was also director of the literature program for the New York State Council on the Arts,[3] a board member of the Lesbian and Gay Community Service Center,[1] and a founder of the AIDS Treatment Project[1] and the PEN Fund for Writers and Editors with AIDS.[4]
He died of AIDS on April 16, 1990 at his home in Manhattan.[1] He was survived by his partner Bruce Becker.[5] Following his death, the PEN American Center's Gregory Kolovakos Award and the Lambda Literary Foundation's Gregory Kolovakos Award for AIDS Literature were named in his honour.
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Gregory Kolovakos; Translator, 38". The New York Times, April 17, 1990.
- ^ Vincent Doyle, Making Out in the Mainstream: GLAAD and the Politics of Respectability. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2016. ISBN 9780773546783.
- ^ "'Poet Laureate' of New York Given Honors Posthumously". The New York Times, March 18, 1982.
- ^ "Public Reading to Help AIDS-Afflicted Writers". The New York Times, September 15, 1988.
- ^ "Corrections". The New York Times, April 21, 1990.
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