author
Walter S. (Walter Samuel) Cramp
1867–1932
A Philadelphia-born writer and translator, he is remembered for bringing stories like Pinocchio to English-language readers while also publishing his own fiction. His work moves between children’s literature, historical imagination, and early-20th-century storytelling.
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Psyche
by Walter S. (Walter Samuel) Cramp
About the author
Born in Philadelphia on February 15, 1867, Walter Samuel Cramp was an American author and translator. Library and public-domain records connect him with both original works and translated books, and sources such as Wikisource and major library catalogs list him as active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Cramp is especially noted as the translator of an early English edition of Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio: The Adventures of a Marionette. Catalog records and online library listings also credit him with books including Psyche, An Heir to Empire, Myrta, and Down in the Canyon, showing a career that ranged across fiction, retellings, and translation.
He died in Florence, Italy, on April 18, 1932. While biographical details about his life are limited in the sources readily available online, the surviving record suggests a literary career shaped by both original storytelling and the adaptation of European works for English-speaking readers.