Salvator Attanasio (September 9, 1913 – June 3, 1993)^[1] was an American literary translator, who translated over 200 works of literature, history and philosophy.^[2]

Attanasio translated the autobiographies ofMarlene Dietrich andAlexandra Kollantai, biographies ofDante andGoethe, philosophical works byEtienne Gilson, and work by a variety of Roman Catholic writers, includingHans Küng andJoseph Ratzinger.

• The Victory of Father Karl byOtto Pies. Translated from the German. 1957
• A Priest and his Dog byJean Gautier. Translated from the French. 1957.
• Make Your Mind Work for You byJean Guitton. Translated from the French. 1958.
• The Dead Sea scrolls and primitive Christianity byJean Daniélou. Translated from the FrenchManuscrits de la mer Morte et les origines du christianisme. 1958.
• Belgium by Paul Schoenen. Translated from the German. 1959.
• Central Italy: Tuscany and Umbria byWolfgang Braunfels. Translated from the German. 1959.
• Dance on the volcano byMarie Chauvet. Translated from the FrenchLa danse sur le volcan. 1959.
• (tr. with Otto de Vuchetich)Story of the Turks, from empire to democracy by Richard Peters. 1959.
• Mountain without Stars byMaurice Zermatten. Translated from the FrenchLa Montagne sans étoiles. 1960.
• Captain of the Ile byRaoul de Beaudéan. Translated from the FrenchService a la mer. 1960.
• God of the scientists: God of the experiment byRémy Chauvin. 1960.
• Hitler's Secret Book byAdolf Hitler. Translated from the GermanHitlers zweites Buch, with an introduction byTelford Taylor. 1961.
• Père Jacques byMichel Carrouges. Translated from the French. 1961.
• The peace of St. Francis by Maria Sticco. Translated from the Italian, with an introduction byAgostino Gemelli. 1962.
• The call of St. Clare byHenri Daniel-Rops. Translated from the FrenchClaire dans la clarté. 1963.
• An opportunity for faith by Wilfrid Busenbender. Translated from the GermanDie Welt als Chance des Glaubens. 1963.
• The Arabs: a compact history byFrancesco Gabrieli. 1963.
• The book of Joseph by Renée Zeller. Translated from the FrenchJoseph le charpentier. 1963.
• The Popes: Papal history in picture and word byLeonard von Matt andHans Kühner. Translated from the GermanDie Päpste. 1963.
• Wit and wisdom ofgood Pope John byHenri Fesquet. Translated from the French. 1964.
• Structures of the Church byHans Küng. Translated from the GermanStrukturen der Kirche. 1964.
• The Secret Ways of Prayer by R. L. Bruckberger, O.P. Translated from the French. 1964.
• (tr. with Darrell Likens Guder)The Easter Message today: 3 essays byLeonhard Goppelt,Helmut Thielicke andHans-Rudolf Müller-Schwefe. Translated from the German. 1964.
• The life and times of St. Francis byAgostino Ghilardi. 1965.
• Russia invaded; from Genghis Khan to Hitler byMario Francini. 1965.
• (tr. with others)Nazi culture. Intellectual, cultural and social life in the Third Reich ed. byGeorge L. Mosse. 1965.
• Forms and substances in the arts byEtienne Gilson. Translated from the FrenchMatieres et formes. 1966.
• The life and times of Goethe byHorst Hohendorf. Translated from the German. 1967.
• The German question ed. byWalther Hubatsch et al. Translated from the GermanDie deutsche Frage. 1967.
• The life and times of Dante byMaria Luisa Rizzatti. Translated from the Italian. 1967.
• Manuel de Falla bySuzanne Demarquez. Translated from the French. 1968.
• Cervantes; his life, his times, his works ed. by Thomas Goddard Bergin. Translated from the Italian. 1970.
• From Calvin to Rousseau; tradition and modernity in socio-political thought from the Reformation to the French Revolution byHerbert Lüthy. Translated from the FrenchLe passé présent: combats d'idées de Calvin à Rousseau. 1970.
• The search for a third way; My path between East and West by Heinz Brandt. Translated from the GermanEin Traum, der nicht entführbar ist. 1970.
• The Eternal Yes byKarl Rahner. Translated from the German. 1970.
• Philosophy, technology, and the arts in the early modern era byPaolo Rossi. Translation from the ItalianI filosofi e le macchine, edited byBenjamin Nelson. 1970.
• The counter-revolution: doctrine and action, 1789-1804 byJacques Godechot. Translated from the French. 1971.
• The Autobiography of a sexually emancipated Communist woman byAlexandra Kollantai. Translated from the GermanAutobiographie einer sexuell emanzipierten Kommunistin, with an introduction byGermaine Greer. 1971.
• The Church and the Sacraments byLouis Eveley. Translated from the French. 1971.
• Columbus was Chinese: discoveries and inventions of the Far East byHans Breuer. Translated from the GermanKolumbus war Chinese. 1972.
• Questions, answers, questions: from the biography of a German Marxist byRobert Havemann. Translated from the GermanFragen, Antworten, Fragen. 1972.
• The key to heaven: editing tales from Holy Scripture to serve as teaching and warning byLeszek Kołakowski. 1972.
• Blessed is the peace of my church byYves Congar. Translated from the French. 1973.
• How to read the Bible : twenty-five lessons in dialogue form with reading lessons for thirty-three weeks byJean Martucci. Translated from the FrenchComment lire la Bible. 1973.
• Allow yourself to be forgiven: penance today byKarl Rahner. Translation from the GermanMan darf sich vergeben lassen. 1974.
• The sky-god An-Anu byHerman Wohlstein. Translation from the German. 1976.
• Never again without a rifle : the origins of Italian terrorism byAlessandro Silj. Translated from the ItalianMai più senza fucile!. 1977.
• Exodus, a hermeneutics of freedom byJ. Severino Croatto. Translated from the Spanish. 1978.
• Freedom and domination: a historical critique of civilization byAlexander Rüstow. Abbreviated translation from the GermanOrtsbestimmung der Gegenwart. 1980. Ed. with an intro. byDankwart A. Rustow
• I wish I could believe byJuan López-Pedraz. Translated fromCuando se está perdiendo la fe. 1983.
• The last day of Jesus an enriching portrayal of the passion byGerhard Lohfink. Translated from the German. 1984.
• (tr. with Graham Harrison)The Ratzinger report : an exclusive interview on the state of the Church byJoseph Ratzinger withVittorio Messori. Translated from the authorized German manuscript. 1985.
• The court-martial of Jesus: a Christian defends the Jews against the charge of deicide byWeddig Fricke. Translated from the GermanStandrechtlich gekreuzigt. 1990.
• What are the Targums? : selected texts byPierre Grelot. Translated from the FrenchLes Targoums. 1992.

• 'A surgical survey of a center of learning' in Sebastiano Martelli, ed.,Rimanelliana : studi su Giose Rimanelli = studies on Giose Rimanelli, 2000.

• 1913 births
• 1993 deaths
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• German–English translators
• Italian–English translators
• 20th-century American translators

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