Angela Present
Angela Praesent (born March 29, 1945 in Mannheim ; † June 20, 2009 in Heidelberg ) was a German translator, publisher's editor and writer.
Life
Angela Praesent grew up in Mannheim and Heidelberg. She studied German and English and received her doctorate in 1977 from the University of Düsseldorf with a thesis on George Orwell as a doctor of philosophy. She then took on teaching positions at German and American universities. She worked as a radio editor and publisher's editor, and in the 1980s she edited the Neue Frau series together with Gisela Krahl at Rowohlt Verlag . In 1988 she participated as an author and from 1992 to 1994 as a juror at the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in Klagenfurt . Angela Praesent lived in Hamburg and in Cotignac (France).
In addition to occasional literary texts of her own, Angela Praesent has come out mainly with translations from English and French. In 1996 she received the Heinrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt Prize and the Paul Celan Prize for her translations .
Works
- George Orwell. Crisis of the Self-evident , Winter, Heidelberg 1978, ISBN 3-533-02739-2 / ISBN 3-533-02740-6 ( at the same time dissertation at the University of Düsseldorf 1977).
- Au contraire , Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt , Frankfurt am Main 1988, ISBN 3-627-10060-3 .
- It is not in America , Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1989, ISBN 3-596-10781-4 (= Fischer-Taschenbuch , volume 10781).
- The fax book , Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1996, ISBN 3-499-13928-6 (correspondence with Milena Moser ).
Editing
- Erika Pluhar : From diaries , Reinbek near Hamburg 1982
- The Rowohlt Reading Book of Love , Reinbek near Hamburg 1983
- The Rowohlt reading book of the new woman , Reinbek near Hamburg 1983
- The Rowohlt Reading Book of Poetry , Reinbek near Hamburg 1983
- The return to men , Reinbek near Hamburg 1987
Translations
- Louis Auchincloss : The Manhattan Monologues , Cologne 2006
- Mary Benson : New Year's Eve in Johannesburg , Reinbek near Hamburg 1989
- The Bible - the narratives of the Old and New Testaments in the masterpieces of painting , Cologne 2005
- Art Boericke : Handmade houses , Darmstadt 1975
- Edward Bond : Grandma Faust , Frankfurt am Main 1977
- Edward Bond: The Swing , Frankfurt am Main 1977
- Edward Bond: Stein , Frankfurt 1977
- Harold Brodkey : The fleeting soul , Reinbek near Hamburg 1997
- Harold Brodkey: Guest in Universum , Reinbek near Hamburg 1998
- Harold Brodkey: The story of my death , Reinbek near Hamburg 1996
- Harold Brodkey: Declarations of love and other last words , Reinbek near Hamburg 2001
- Harold Brodkey: An almost classic story , Reinbek near Hamburg 1996
- Harold Brodkey: Profane friendship , Reinbek near Hamburg 1994
- Harold Brodkey: Venice , Reinbek near Hamburg 1997
- James Buchan: Our Frozen Desires , Cologne 1999 (translated together with Peter Torberg )
- Christina Chiu : Black Sheep and Other Saints , Cologne 2002
- Eleanor Coppola : Maybe I'm too close , Reinbek near Hamburg 1980
- EL Doctorow : Billy Bathgate , Cologne 1990
- EL Doctorow: City of God , Cologne 2001
- EL Doctorow: The life of poets , Reinbek near Hamburg 1985
- EL Doctorow: The March , Cologne 2007
- EL Doctorow: Ragtime , Reinbek near Hamburg 1976
- EL Doctorow: Sweet land stories , Cologne 2006
- EL Doctorow: The waterworks , Cologne 1995
- EL Doctorow: World Exhibition , Reinbek near Hamburg 1987
- EL Doctorow: Welcome to Hard Times , Reinbek near Hamburg 1987
- Anne Enright : Elisa's Desires , Cologne 2004
- Betty Friedan : That changed my life , Reinbek near Hamburg in 1977
- Ghost ladies , Reinbek near Hamburg 1989
- Susanna Kaysen : The man without a soul , Reinbek near Hamburg 1988
- Pagan Kennedy : Late Girls , Reinbek near Hamburg 1997
- David Larkin: Rousseau , Darmstadt 1975
- David Larkin (Ed.): Dragons and Elves , with biographical notes by Margaret Maloney. Melzer, Darmstadt 1976, ISBN 3-7874-0144-X
- Andrea Lee : Milan Nights , Cologne 2006
- Andrea Lee: Full moon over Milan , Cologne 2003
- Jane Lidderdale : Dear Miss Weaver , Frankfurt am Main 1974 (translated together with Anneliese Strauss)
- Steven Marcus : Reversal of Morals , Frankfurt am Main 1979 (translated together with Ann Anders)
- Winsor McCay : The strange dreams of the gourmet who only ever ate cheese toast , Darmstadt 1975
- Henry Miller : childhood friends , Reinbek near Hamburg 1977
- Toni Morrison : Solomons Lied , Reinbek near Hamburg 1979
- Phạm-thị-Hoài : The crystal messenger , Reinbek near Hamburg 1992
- Emma Richler : Sister Crazy , Cologne 2004
- Jay Rubin : Murakami and the Melody of Life , Cologne 2004 (translated with Ursula Gräfe )
- Sarah Sheard : Almost a Japanese woman , Reinbek near Hamburg 1988
- Emma Tennant : The sharp blue of the air , Frankfurt am Main 1988
- John Updike : Marry me! , Reinbek near Hamburg 1978
- John Updike: Terrorist , Reinbek near Hamburg 2006
- John Updike: The Widows of Eastwick , Reinbek near Hamburg 2009
- Gustave Verbeek : Below is above , Frankfurt / Main 1978
- Fay Weldon : Letters to Alice or When you first read Jane Austen , Reinbek near Hamburg 1987
- Dirk Wittenborn : Bongo Europe , Cologne 2006
- Fred Licht : Villa Ginestra , Frankfurt 2008
Web links
- Literature by and about Angela Praesent in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Present, Angela |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German translator, editor and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 20, 2009 |
| Place of death | Heidelberg |