Juan Mascaró Translator
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| Birthday |
8th December, 1897
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| Died |
19th March, 1987
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| Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius
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| Occupation |
Translator
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Joan Mascaró (8 December 1897 – 19 March 1987) was a Spanish translator born in Majorca to a farming family. He is responsible for one of the most popular English translations of the Hindu text Bhagavad Gita (1962), and of some of the major Upanishads (1965). He also translated, from Pāli into English, a key Buddhist text, Dhammapada (1973). His first work, Lamps of Fire (1958), was a collection of religious and spiritual wisdom from across the world; a selection from the book inspired the Beatles song "The Inner Light" (1968).
Though his native tongue was Catalan, he translated into English. His obituary in The New York Times said he had, "achieved the unique feat of translation from languages not his own (Sanskrit and Pali) into another language not at first his own (English)."
