Andrea Kluitmann
Andrea Kluitmann (* 1966 ) is a German literary translator .
Life
Kluitmann studied German , film studies and child psychiatry at the University of Bochum and in Amsterdam ; she completed this course in 1992 with a master's degree . Today she lives in Amsterdam and works as a freelance translator, presenter and journalist .
Kluitmann translates narrative literature, primarily for children and young people , from Dutch into German . The work she translated "We save lives, says my father" by Do Van Ranst was awarded the German Youth Literature Prize in 2007 ; In 2017, Kluitmann and the author Anna Woltz received the Catholic Children's and Young People's Book Prize and the Silver Feather for their translation of Plaster of Paris or How I Repaired the World in a Single Day ; the book and its translation were already awarded the lynx of the month in November 2016 been awarded.
She is a member of the Association of German-Language Translators of Literary and Scientific Works , VdÜ.
Translations into German (selection)
- Gerbrand Bakker : Pear trees bloom white. Düsseldorf 2001
- Brecht Evens : The amateurs. Berlin 2013
- Brecht Evens: In a different place. Berlin 2015
- Brecht Evens: Panther. Berlin 2016
- Arnon Grunberg : Birthmarks. (Translated together with Rainer Kersten ). Cologne 2016
- Hella Haasse : The Indonesian Secret (translation together with Birgit Erdmann ). Berlin 2015
- Enne Koens : I'm Vincent and I'm not afraid . Hildesheim 2019
- Anna Woltz : Plaster of Paris or How I repaired the world in a single day . Hamburg 2016
Web links
- Kluitmann in the translator database of the Association of German-Language Translators of Literary and Scientific Works, VdÜ, 2019
- List of translations by Kluitmann at the Nederlands Letterenfonds , and short biography, 2019
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| SURNAME | Kluitmann, Andrea |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German literary translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1966 |