Günther Vulpius

Günther Vulpius (born September 28, 1904 in Heidelberg , † 1985 ) was a German actor , dramaturge and literary translator .

biography

Vulpius studied German literature in Heidelberg, where he in 1930 with a study on the mimic element in Richard Wagner Dr. phil. received his doctorate.

He then attended the theater academy in Karlsruhe. In 1932 he made his stage debut as an actor at the State Theater there. This was followed by engagements at the Städtische Bühnen Heidelberg and Baden-Baden as well as at the English Theater in Berlin.

In addition, Vulpius works as a voice actor and as a speaker for the radio (especially Südwestfunk Baden-Baden).

The Germanist Vulpius found a rich field of activity from 1950 as a literary translator. In this function he obtained the German versions of Henri Troyats On Their Own Ways (1967), Roger Chateauneus Blast Furnaces (1965) and Henri Bosco's The Donkey with Velvet Trousers (1954). His translations of the Angélique novels by Anne Golons ( Angélique , 1956; Angélique and the King , 1959; Indomitable Angélique , 1961) and Roger Peyrefitte's controversial novel Secret Friendships are particularly popular .

Remarks

^ Karl-Heinz Steinle : The literary salon with Richard Schultz. Quer Verlag, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-89656-078-6 , p. 98 ( limited preview in Google book search).

personal data
SURNAME	Vulpius, Günther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German actor, dramaturge and literary translator
DATE OF BIRTH	September 28, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH	Heidelberg
DATE OF DEATH	1985

[1] Karl-Heinz Steinle : The literary salon with Richard Schultz. Quer Verlag, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-89656-078-6 , p. 98 ( limited preview in Google book search).