Barbara Cramer-Nauhaus

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Barbara Cramer-Nauhaus (born September 22, 1927 in Brandenburg an der Havel ; † March 21, 2001 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German English scholar and translator .

Life

Barbara Cramer-Nauhaus studied English and German in Halle and Heidelberg and has worked as a freelance translator since 1951. She has translated fiction and essays by various English and American authors from the 18th to 20th centuries, and translated poetry by Edgar Allan Poe , Ambrose Bierce and Lord Byron . Her translations have mainly appeared in the Dieterich'schen Verlagbuchhandlung Leipzig and Insel-Verlag .

Barbara Cramer-Nauhaus was married to the book designer and publicist Wilhelm Nauhaus . Barbara and Wilhelm Nauhaus are the parents of the church musician and author Kilian Nauhaus .

Translations by Barbara Cramer-Nauhaus

(sorted by year of first publication)

  • Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter. Dieterich, Leipzig 1952. Other editions: Insel, Frankfurt / Main 1979; Weltbild, Augsburg 2004. Audio book: Radioropa 2006, read by Anna Hertz
  • Robert Louis Stevenson: The Mysterious Life. Master tales. Dieterich, Leipzig 1953. From this: The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Three scary stories. Structure, Berlin 2010
  • Herman Melville: white jacket. Dieterich, Leipzig 1954. Further edition: Claassen, Hamburg 1963. Extract from: “Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego for hand luggage” (anthology). Union, Zurich 2011
  • Mark Twain: Huckleberry Finn's Adventure. Dieterich, Leipzig 1956. Other editions: Insel, Frankfurt / Main 1975; Weltbild, Augsburg 2004; Anaconda, Cologne 2007
  • Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe. Dieterich, Leipzig 1956. Further edition: Aufbau, Berlin 1964
  • Stephen Crane: Little Novels and Stories. Dieterich, Leipzig 1959. Another edition (under the title “Maggie, the street child”): Martus, Munich 1997. From it as an audio book: The blue hotel, story. Radioropa 2008, read by Manfred Callsen
  • Herman Melville: Redburn. Dieterich, Leipzig 1965
  • Henry James: Daisy Miller. Stories I (multiple translators). Dieterich, Leipzig 1967. From it as an audio book: Daisy Miller. Narrative. Read by Gert Westphal (double CD). North German Radio 1994
  • Henry James: The predator in the jungle. Stories II (multiple translators). Dieterich, Leipzig 1968
  • William Prescott: The Conquest of Mexico. Dieterich, Leipzig 1972. Further edition: Beck, Munich 1974
  • William Prescott: The Conquest of Peru. Dieterich, Leipzig 1975. Further edition: Beck, Munich 1986
  • Joseph Conrad: Typhoon. Dieterich, Leipzig 1975. Also contained in: Joseph Conrad: Erzählungen. Maritime, Hamburg 2007
  • Washington Irving: Little Britain and Other Sketches. Insel, Leipzig 1983
  • Virginia Woolf: The Narrow Bridge of Art. Selected essays (several translators). Insel, Leipzig 1986
  • Edgar Allan Poe: Selected works in three volumes (several translators; contains prose translations and poetry translations by Barbara Cramer-Nauhaus). Insel, Leipzig 1989. Several stories translated by Barbara Cramer-Nauhaus from this edition are contained in: Edgar Allan Poe: All stories in four volumes (several translators). Insel, Frankfurt / Main 2008
  • Ambrose Bierce: Selected Works (contains translations of poetry by Barbara Cramer-Nauhaus and prose translations by other translators). Dieterich, Leipzig 1993
  • Lord Byron: Poetry. Unpublished manuscript

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personal data
SURNAME Cramer-Nauhaus, Barbara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German English studies specialist and translator
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Brandenburg an der Havel , Germany
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 2001
Place of death Halle (Saale) , Germany