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| - | + | '''Donald Nicholson-Smith''' is a translator and freelance editor, interested in [[literature]], [[art]], [[psychoanalysis]], [[social criticism]], [[theory]], [[history]], [[crime fiction]], and [[film|cinema]]. Born in [[Manchester]], [[England]], he was an early translator of [[Situationist International|Situationist]] material into English. He joined the English section of the [[Situationist International]] in 1965 and was expelled in December 1967. He lives in [[New York City]]. | |
| - | '''Donald Nicholson-Smith''' is the English translator of the two major situationist books and a freelance editor. His most notable translations are [[Guy Debord]]’s ''[[The Society of the Spectacle]]'', [[Raoul Vaneigem]]’s ''[[The Revolution of Everyday Life]]''. Nicholson-Smith was one of the first translator of Situationist texts into English. | + | |
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| - | He was a member of the British section of the [[Situationist International]] until December 1966. | + | |
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| - | *The Language of Psychoanalysis, Laplanche & Pontalis. Norton, 1974. | + | *[[Nicole Claveloux]], ''The Green Hand and Other Stories'', [[Penguin Random House]] (2017) |
| - | *(1991) [[Henri Lefebvre]] ''The Production of Space'' | + | *[[Abdellatif Laabi]], ''In Praise of Defeat'', [[Archipelago Books]], 2016. (shortlisted for the 2017 [[Griffin Poetry Prize]]) |
| - | *(1994) [[Guy Debord]]’s ''[[The Society of the Spectacle]]'' | + | *[[Gianfranco Sanguinetti]], ''Money, sex and power: on a sham biography of Guy Debord'', cipM, 2016. |
| - | *(2002) Three to Kill, Jean-Patrick Manchette. City Lights. | + | *[[Guy Debord]] & [[Alice Becker-Ho]], ''A Game of War'', Atlas Press, 2007. |
| - | *(2003)[[Raoul Vaneigem]]’s ''[[The Revolution of Everyday Life]]'' | + | *[[Antonin Artaud]]. ''50 Drawings to Murder Magic'', Seagull Books, 2008. |
| - | *(2004) [[Paco Ignacio Taibo II]]’s ''[http://www.sevenstories.com/Book/index.cfm?GCOI=58322100813470 ’68]''. Published by [[Seven Stories]]] | + | *[[Guy Debord]]. ''[[The Society of the Spectacle]]'', Zone, 1994. |
| + | *_____. ''A Sick Planet'', Seagull Books, 2008. | ||
| + | *[[Anselm Jappe]]. ''Guy Debord'', University of California Press, 1999. | ||
| + | *[[Thierry Jonquet]]. ''[[Mygale (novel)|Mygale]]'', City Lights, 2003. | ||
| + | *_____. ''Tarantula'', Serpent's Tail, 2005. | ||
| + | *Laplanche & Pontalis. ''The Language of Psychoanalysis'', Norton, 1974. | ||
| + | *[[Henri Lefebvre]]. ''The Production of Space'', Blackwell, 1991. | ||
| + | *[[Jean-Patrick Manchette]]. ''Three to Kill'', City Lights, 2002. | ||
| + | *_____. ''Fatale'', New York Review Books, 2011. | ||
| + | *[[Paco Ignacio Taibo II]]. ''68'', Seven Stories, 2004. | ||
| + | *[[Raoul Vaneigem]]. ''[[The Revolution of Everyday Life]]'', Rebel Press, 2003. | ||
| + | *_____. ''A Cavalier History of [[Surrealism]]'', AK Press, 1999. | ||
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Donald Nicholson-Smith is a translator and freelance editor, interested in literature, art, psychoanalysis, social criticism, theory, history, crime fiction, and cinema. Born in Manchester, England, he was an early translator of Situationist material into English. He joined the English section of the Situationist International in 1965 and was expelled in December 1967. He lives in New York City.
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Translations
- Nicole Claveloux, The Green Hand and Other Stories, Penguin Random House (2017)
- Abdellatif Laabi, In Praise of Defeat, Archipelago Books, 2016. (shortlisted for the 2017 Griffin Poetry Prize)
- Gianfranco Sanguinetti, Money, sex and power: on a sham biography of Guy Debord, cipM, 2016.
- Guy Debord & Alice Becker-Ho, A Game of War, Atlas Press, 2007.
- Antonin Artaud. 50 Drawings to Murder Magic, Seagull Books, 2008.
- Guy Debord. The Society of the Spectacle, Zone, 1994.
- _____. A Sick Planet, Seagull Books, 2008.
- Anselm Jappe. Guy Debord, University of California Press, 1999.
- Thierry Jonquet. Mygale, City Lights, 2003.
- _____. Tarantula, Serpent's Tail, 2005.
- Laplanche & Pontalis. The Language of Psychoanalysis, Norton, 1974.
- Henri Lefebvre. The Production of Space, Blackwell, 1991.
- Jean-Patrick Manchette. Three to Kill, City Lights, 2002.
- _____. Fatale, New York Review Books, 2011.
- Paco Ignacio Taibo II. 68, Seven Stories, 2004.
- Raoul Vaneigem. The Revolution of Everyday Life, Rebel Press, 2003.
- _____. A Cavalier History of Surrealism, AK Press, 1999.
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