Voltaire

Candido Voltaire

Publisher Marketing: "Candido," de Voltaire. Voltaire fue un escritor, historiador, filosofo y abogado frances (1794-1878). Review Citations: Ingram Paperback Advance 05/01/2005 pg. 63 (EAN 9781416500308, Paperback) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/1992 pg. 430 (EAN 9780394605227, Hardcover) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/1997 pg. 412 (EAN 9780394605227, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Voltaire Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet) (1694--1778) was one of the key thinkers of the European Enlightenment. Of his many works, "Candide" remains the most popular. Peter Constantine was awarded the 1998 PEN Translation Award for "Six Early Stories "by Thomas Mann and the 1999 National Translation Award for "The Undiscovered Chekhov: Forty-three New Stories." Widely acclaimed for his recent translation of the complete works of Isaac Babel, he also translated Gogol's "Taras Bulba" and Tolstoy's "The Cossacks "for the Modern Library. His translations of fiction and poetry have appeared in many publications, including "The New Yorker, Harper's," and "Paris Review. "He lives in New York City.