Mariolein Sabarte Belacortu

1944) has been opening up Latin American literature to the Dutch reader since the 1970s. She has translated works by the 'big four' - Julio Cortázar, Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel García Márquez and Mario Vargas Llosa - and many other Spanish-language authors such as Juan Carlos Onetti, Jorge Volpi and Juan Rulfo. Sabarte is regularly in demand as an expert on South American literature - in interviews, for lectures, as a jury member, and as an advisor. She was also involved as a teacher at the VertalersVakschool.