Hainer Kober

Hainer Kober (* 1942 ) is a translator of scientific and popular scientific literature in several fields and of fiction.

Kober studied German and Romance languages . Since 1972 he has translated works from English and French for several publishers, including works by Stephen Hawking , Brian Greene , Antonio Damasio and Oliver Sacks . In 2015, Kober was awarded the Heinrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt Prize for German-speaking translators .

Hainer Kober lives in Soltau .

Translations

So far, Kober has translated around 250 books.

from English / American

• Stephen Hawking  : A Brief History of Time . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1997, ISBN 3-499-18850-3 .
• Oliver Sacks  : The island of the color blind. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1998, ISBN 3-499-60560-0 .
• David Filkin: Stephen Hawking's Universe. Heyne, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-453-17268-X .
• Jean Piaget : My theories of mental development. Beltz, Weinheim 2003, ISBN 3-407-22142-8 .
• Joe Klein : The natural talent. The misjudged presidency of Bill Clinton. Siedler, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-88680-786-X .
• Steven Pinker : The blank slate. The modern denial of human nature. Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-8270-0509-4 .
• Stephen Hawking: The Universe in a Nutshell . DTV, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-423-34089-4 .
• Steven Strogatz : Synchron. Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-8270-0439-X .
• VS Ramachandran , Sandra Blakeslee : The blind woman who can see. Mysterious phenomena of our consciousness. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2004, ISBN 3-499-61381-6 .
• Stephen Hawking: Einstein's Dream. Expeditions to the limits of space-time . Rowohlt, Reinbek 2005, ISBN 3-499-62023-5 .
• Antonio Damasio : The Spinoza Effect. How feelings determine our life. List, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-548-60494-3 .
• Thomas Gordon : Managers Conference. Effective leadership training. Heyne, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-453-60000-2 .
• Brian Greene : The Elegant Universe. Superstrings, hidden dimensions and the search for the world formula. Goldmann, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-442-15374-3 .
• VS Ramachandran: A Brief Journey through the Mind and Brain. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2006, ISBN 3-499-61987-3 .
• Alan Weisman : The world without us. Travel across an unpopulated earth . Piper, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-492-05132-3 .
• Simon Ings : The eye. Masterpiece of evolution. Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-455-50072-1 .
• Oliver Sacks: The one-armed pianist. About music and the brain . Rowohlt, Reinbek 2008, ISBN 978-3-498-06376-4 .
• Lee Smolin : The Future of Physics: Problems of String Theory and How To Go From Here . DVA, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-421-04296-5 .
• Edward W. Said : Music without borders. Bertelsmann, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-570-58002-8 .
• John Keegan : The American Civil War. Rowohlt, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-87134-668-2 .
• Terry Eagleton : Evil. Ullstein, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-550-08830-8 .
• Natalie Angier : Natural Science. A journey through the wonderful world of knowledge. Goldmann, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3 442-15671-9 .
• Andrea Wulf : The hunt for Venus and the measurement of the solar system. Bertelsmann, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-570-10095-0 .
• Richard Overy : The Bomb War. Europe 1939–1945. Rowohlt, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-87134-782-5 .
• Anthony Atkinson : Inequality. What can we do about it? Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2016, ISBN 978-3-608-94905-6 .
• Andrea Wulf: Alexander von Humboldt and the invention of nature. Bertelsmann, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-570-10206-0 .
• Terry Eagleton : Culture . Ullstein, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-550-08170-5 .

from French

• Alfred A. Tomatis : The Sound of Life. Prenatal Communication - The Beginnings of Mental Development. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2003, ISBN 3-499-18791-4 .
• Jacobo Machover: Che Guevara - The other side. Wolbern, Potsdam 2008, ISBN 978-3-9811128-2-5 .
• Jonathan Littell : The well-meaning . Berlin-Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-8270-0738-4 .
• Jonathan Littell: Studies. Matthes & Seitz, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-88221-741-4 .
• Franz Bartelt : I can't speak. austernbank, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-9814617-0-1 .
• Boris Cyrulnik : Save yourself, life calls. Experience report. Ullstein, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-550-08039-5 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Hainer Kober in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website by Hainer Kober
• More translations by Hainer Kober

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Press release of the Heinrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt-Foundation (PDF; 51 kB)
2. ^ Entry on Hanser - Sachbuch Herbst 2017, p. 7