Elke Wehr (translator)
Elke Wehr (* 1946 in Bautzen ; † June 27, 2008 in Berlin ) was a German translator .
Life
Elke Wehr grew up in the GDR ; In 1961 the family fled to West Germany . Elke Wehr studied Romance studies in Paris and Heidelberg , initially with a focus on French and Italian . Inspired by Rudolf Wittkopf , she later concentrated on Spanish . Since the 1970s , she has been translating a large number of Spanish and Latin American prose authors into German , including Javier Marías and Mario Vargas Llosa . Elke Wehr, who take turns in Madridand lived in Berlin, received the Paul Celan Prize in 2006 for her work in translation .
Editing
- Madrid , Frankfurt am Main [a. a.] 1998
Translations
- Abstract painting today , Bielefeld 1996
- Leopoldo Alas : His only son , Frankfurt am Main 2002
- José María Arguedas : Diamonds and Flintstones , Frankfurt am Main 2002
- Roberto Arlt : The evil toy , Frankfurt am Main 2006
- Léon Bloy : Unpleasant Stories , Stuttgart 1983
- Alfredo Bryce Echenique : A frog in the desert , Frankfurt am Main 2003
- Alejo Carpentier : The Method of Power , Frankfurt am Main 1989
- Jean Carrière : The Sparrowhawk from Maheux , Heidelberg 1980
- Rafael Chirbes : Mimoun , Berlin 1990
- Rafael Chirbes: The Hunter's Shot , Munich 1996
- Julio Cortázar : Im Silvaland , Frankfurt am Main 2000
- Alonso Cueto : The Blue Hour , Berlin 2007
- Álvaro Cunqueiro : The Chronicles of the Cantor , Frankfurt am Main 1996
- Álvaro Cunqueiro: In the company of the magician , Frankfurt am Main 1992
- Marco Denevi : A dog based on Albrecht Dürer's engraving "Ritter, Tod und Teufel" , Frankfurt am Main 2006
- Michel Déon : The Gods give everything , Munich 1985 (translated with Margaret Carroux )
- David Cooper , Michel Foucault , Marquis de Sade and others a .: The circled madness , Frankfurt am Main 1979
- C. Sylvia Weber (Ed.): Fernando Botero . Übers. Elke Wehr. Swiridoff, Künzelsau 2005, ISBN 3899290542 . Catalog for the exhibition from November 11, 2005 to April 17, 2006 Kunsthalle Würth , Schwäbisch Hall
- Ramón Gómez de la Serna : The Truth About Picasso and Cubism , Berlin 1990
- Tulio Halperín Donghi : History of Latin America from independence to the present , Frankfurt am Main 1991
- Errico Malatesta : Collected writings 2 vols. Berlin 1977, 1980
- Luigi Malerba : The thoughtful chickens , Berlin 1984
- Javier Marías : All Souls or The Insane of Oxford , Munich [u. a.] 1991
- Javier Marías: When I was mortal , Stuttgart 1999
- Javier Marías: Your face tomorrow , Stuttgart (translated together with Luis Ruby)
- Fever and Lance , 2004
- Dance and Dream , 2006
- Poison and Shadow and Farewell , 2010
- Javier Marías: The Emotional Man , Munich 1992
- Javier Marías: My heart is so white , Stuttgart 1996
- Javier Marías: The journey across the horizon , Stuttgart 2002
- Javier Marías: Black Back of Time , Stuttgart 2000
- Octavio Paz : Connections - Separations , Frankfurt am Main 1984 (translated together with Rudolf Wittkopf )
- Octavio Paz: Dialogue , Frankfurt am Main 1984 (translated together with Rudolf Wittkopf)
- Ricardo Piglia : Kurzformen , Berlin 2006
- Álvaro Pombo : The hero of the mansards from Mansard , Munich [u. a.] 1988
- Álvaro Pombo: Light offenses , Munich [u. a.] 1991
- Julián Ríos : Hats for Alice , Berlin [u. a.] 1994
- Manuel Rivas : The carpenter's pencil , Frankfurt am Main 2002
- Manuel Rivas: In wilder Gesellschaft , Frankfurt am Main 1998
- Manuel Rivas: The night when I went looking for a bride , Frankfurt am Main 2002
- Augusto Roa Bastos : Opposite , Frankfurt am Main 1997
- Augusto Roa Bastos: I, the Almighty , Frankfurt am Main 2000
- Jorge Semprún : Twenty Years and One Day , Frankfurt am Main 2005
- Javier Tomeo : The Lion Hunter , Berlin 1988
- Javier Tomeo: The Marquis writes an unheard-of letter , Berlin 1984
- Javier Tomeo: Man from within and other catastrophes , Berlin 1989
- Javier Tomeo: Mothers and Sons , Berlin 1986
- Fernando Vallejo : Blue Days , Frankfurt, M. 2008
- Mario Vargas Llosa : Die Anführer , Frankfurt am Main 1993
- Mario Vargas Llosa: The bad girl , Frankfurt am Main 2006
- Mario Vargas Llosa: The Goat Festival , Frankfurt am Main 2001
- Mario Vargas Llosa: The fish in the water , Frankfurt am Main 1995
- Mario Vargas Llosa: Against Wind and Weather , Frankfurt am Main 1988
- Mario Vargas Llosa: Secret Story of a Novel , Frankfurt am Main 1992
- Mario Vargas Llosa: The Secret Notes of Don Rigoberto , Frankfurt am Main 1997
- Mario Vargas Llosa: The Storyteller , Frankfurt am Main 1990
- Mario Vargas Llosa: Praise the stepmother , Frankfurt am Main 1989
- Mario Vargas Llosa: Mayta's Story , Frankfurt am Main 1986
- Mario Vargas Llosa: Paradise is elsewhere , Frankfurt am Main 2004
- Mario Vargas Llosa: Death in the Andes , Frankfurt am Main 1997
- Mario Vargas Llosa: A sad, rabid man , Frankfurt am Main 2000
- Mario Vargas Llosa: The Truth of Lies , Frankfurt am Main 1994
- Mario Vargas Llosa: Who Killed Palomino Molero? , Frankfurt am Main 1988
- Standardization of commercial company law in the EEC , Heidelberg 1970
- Auguste de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam : The diner of the last festivals , Stuttgart 1984
Web links
- Literature by and about Elke Wehr in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography of Elke Wehrs at Septime-Verlag
- Obituary for Elke Wehr , Der Tagesspiegel
- On the death of Elke Wehr and Christian Hansen . In: Translate , Zs. Des VdÜ , 2, 2008, p. 12
Footnotes
- ^ Christian Hansen: On the death of Elke Wehr . In: Translate , Volume 2008, Issue 2, p. 12.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wehr, Elke |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bautzen |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 27, 2008 |
| Place of death | Berlin |