John Brownjohn
John Brownjohn | |
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| Born | John Maxwell Brownjohn 11 April 1929 Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England |
| Died | 6 January 2020 (aged 90) |
| Occupation | Literary translator |
John Maxwell Brownjohn (11 April 1929[1][2] – 6 January 2020) was a British literary translator.[3]
Career
[edit]John Brownjohn translated more than 160 books, and won the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for German translation three times and the Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize once.
Film
[edit]Brownjohn also collaborated with the filmmaker Roman Polanski on Tess (1979), Pirates (1986), Bitter Moon (1992), The Ninth Gate (1999) and The Pianist (2002).
Personal life
[edit]Brownjohn was born in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. He died in January 2020 at the age of 90.[4]
Selected works
[edit]- Frank Arnau: The Art of the Faker
- Marcel Beyer: The Karnau Tapes
- Willy Brandt: People and Politics: The Years, 1960-75 (Schlegel-Tieck Prize)
- Thomas Brussig: Heroes Like Us (Schlegel-Tieck Prize, Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize)
- Thomas Glavinic: Night Work
- Martin Gregor-Dellin: Richard Wagner: His Life, His Work, His Century
- Lothar Günther Buchheim: The Boat
- Hans Hellmut Kirst: The Night of the Generals
- Bodo Kirchhoff: Infanta (Schlegel-Tieck Prize)
- Georg Klein: Libidissi
- Walter Moers: The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear (2000)
- Walter Moers: A Wild Ride Through the Night (2004)
- Walter Moers: Rumo and His Miraculous Adventures (2004)
- Walter Moers: The City of Dreaming Books (2007)
- Walter Moers: The Alchemaster's Apprentice (2010)
- Dietlof Reiche: The Golden Hamster Saga
- Alain Claude Sulzer: A Perfect Waiter
- Leo Perutz: The Swedish Cavalier (Schlegel-Tieck Prize)
- Mario Giordano: Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions
References
[edit]- ^ "John Maxwell Brownjohn April. 11, 1929 - Google Search". www.google.com.
- ^ "Brownjohn, John 1929– | Encyclopedia.com".
- ^ "German Literature - Goethe-Institut United Kingdom". www.goethe.de.
- ^ "Brownjohn". Archived from the original on 10 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
External links
[edit]- John Brownjohn at IMDb
- INTERVIEW: John Brownjohn on Walter Moers and Translation, Mad Hatter's Bookshelf & Book Review blog, November 2012
