Mary Ann Newman

Mary Ann Newman is the director of the Farragut Fund for Catalan Culture in the US.^{[citation needed]} She is a translator, editor, and occasional writer on Catalan culture. She has translated a novel and a short story collection by Quim Monzó, essays by Xavier Rubert de Ventós, and a collection of poems by Josep Carner.^{[citation needed]}

She graduated from New York University's Washington Square College in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.^{[citation needed]} In 1985, she graduated with a doctorate from New York University.^[1] As of 2019, her latest translation is Private Life by Josep Maria de Sagarra, published by Archipelago Books.^[2]

She was awarded the Creu de Sant Jordi,^[3][4] and with the Ramon Llull International award (2022)^[5]