Christiane Kuby
Christiane Kuby (born January 19, 1952 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German translator .
Life
Christiane Kuby grew up in Miltenberg , Frankfurt am Main and Luxemburg , where she passed the school leaving examination in 1969. She then worked for the " Castrum Peregrini " foundation in Amsterdam until 1989 . From 1972 to 1982 she studied Romance and German at the University of Amsterdam . She graduated with the state examination and worked from 1980 to 1984 as an assistant in the subject of literary didactics .
From 1987 to 1995 she worked for various Dutch literary magazines . Christiane Kuby has been working as a freelance translator since 1996 . She lives in Amsterdam .
Christiane Kuby translates literary and scientific works from Dutch into German . She is a member of the Association of German-Language Translators of Literary and Scientific Works , VdÜ. In 2012 she was awarded the Else Otten Prize for her translation of Erwin Mortier's novel "Götterschlaf" .
Works
- Vauvenargues , Amsterdam 1977
Editing
- Indonesia aka kabar? Meppel, Netherlands 1990
Translations
- Kader Abdolah : Dawud's Dream , Stuttgart 2005
- Kader Abdolah: The Secret Script , Stuttgart 2003
- Kader Abdolah: The House at the Mosque , Berlin 2007
- Kader Abdolah: Mohammad, the Prophet , Berlin 2009
- Kader Abdolah: The Journey of Empty Bottles , Berlin 1999
- Jeroen Brouwers : Geheime Zimmer , Stuttgart 2002
- Chris Buskes : Thinking Evolutionary , Darmstadt 2008 (translated together with Herbert Post)
- Jan De Cock : Hotel behind bars , Munich 2005
- Govert Derix : Ayahuasca, a critique of psychedelic reason , Solothurn 2004 (translated together with Herbert Post)
- Stephan Enter : Game , Berlin 2009
- Invented Art , Frankfurt am Main 2003 (translated together with Herbert Post)
- Carl Friedman : The Gray Lover , Leipzig 1997
- Carl Friedman: Two suitcases , Berlin 1999
- Robert Haasnoot : The Reminder , Berlin 2008
- Robert Haasnoot: Steinkind , Berlin 2005
- Robert Haasnoot: Wahnsee , Berlin 2001
- Hendrike C. Halberstadt-Freud : Elektra versus Oedipus , Stuttgart 2000 (translated together with Herbert Post)
- Caroline Hanken : Kissed by the King , Berlin 1996
- Marie Kessels : A graceful leap , Berlin 1998
- Herman Koch : Summer house with swimming pool , Cologne 2011
- Herman Koch: Odessa Star , Roman, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2013 ISBN 978-3-462-04559-8
- Tomas Lieske : Franklin , Reinbek near Hamburg 2004.
- Tomas Lieske: Gran Café Boulevard , Berlin 2005.
- Tomas Lieske: Isabel or The Scent of Love , Berlin 2008
- Hajo G. Meyer : The End of Judaism , Neu-Isenburg 2005 (translated together with Herbert Post)
- Erwin Mortier : Götterschlaf , Cologne 2010
- Tonnus Oosterhoff : Das dicke Herz , Berlin 1999
- Vincent Overeem : Misfit , Berlin 2010
- Leo Pleysier : Schwarz vor Volk , Berlin 1999
- Frans Pollux : Days of Flood , Berlin 2011
- Maya Rasker : With an unknown destination , Frankfurt am Main 2001
- Astrid Roemer : Could Love , Berlin 1998
- Martin Ros : Jackals of the Third Reich , Stuttgart 1997 (translated together with Herbert Post)
- Helga Ruebsamen : Bear is back , Leipzig 2000
- Helga Ruebsamen: The song and the truth , Leipzig 1998
- Rik Smits : Everything with the left hand , Berlin 1994
- Pieter F. Thomése : The sixth act , Leipzig 1999
- Robijn Tilanus : QUINTessenz , Leipzig 2009 (translated together with Herbert Post)
- Madeline Tolhuisen : The personal physician , Munich 2007
- Koen Vergeer : Formula 1 , Berlin 2001 (translated together with Herbert Post)
- Jan Verplaetse : The moral instinct , Göttingen 2011 (translated together with Herbert Post)
- The re-establishment of the college , Amsterdam 1997 (translated together with Marja Loomans)
- Caspar Wintermans : Lord Alfred Douglas , Munich 2001 (translated together with Herbert Post)
- Josha Zwaan : Parnassia , Berlin 2012 (translated together with Herbert Post)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kuby, Christiane |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |