Ilya Braun

Ilja Braun (2015)

Ilja Braun (* 1970 in Wolfsburg ) is a German journalist and translator .

Life

Ilja Braun studied German , English and film studies in Erlangen , Glasgow and Berlin from 1993 to 1999 . In 2000/2001 he completed a traineeship at the publishing house Kiepenheuer & Witsch ; then he was a freelance editor . Today he writes articles for newspapers , magazines , radio stations and websites , especially on the topics of the Internet and copyright law , etc. a. as a member of the editorial board of carta.info and (formerly) iRights.info . In the 17th electoral term of the German Bundestag (2009-2013) Braun was a speaker for the left-wing parliamentary group .

Ilya Braun, in Cologne lives, translated also fiction and non-fiction books from English and Dutch into German .

He is a member of the Association of German-Language Translators of Literary and Scientific Works , VdÜ, the Association of Freelance Lecturers and the Freischreiber Professional Association .

Works

• Basic income instead of copyright? Bielefeld 2014

Editing

• Richard Leising : Van de snelle man , Amsterdam 2001

Translations

• Stefan Brijs : Der Engelmacher , Munich 2007
• Marja Brouwers : Heaven and Hell , Munich 2008
• Tess Franke : For Life and Death , Berlin 2007
• Bonnie Gabriel : Words of Lust , Berlin 2006
• Toine Heijmans : random walk , Zurich [u. a.] 2012
• Steve Hely : Die Wette , Hamburg 2009 (translated together with Jochen Schwarzer)
• Eve Eschner Hogan : 1000 questions about love , Berlin 2005
• Wilfried de Jong : A man and his bike , Bielefeld 2014
• Ilse Nackaerts : Kissing for advanced students , Munich 2008
• Ilse Nackaerts: Love from A to Z , Heidelberg 2007
• Tom Reynolds : I hate myself and want to die , Berlin 2006
• Paul Saltzman : The Beatles in India , Berlin 2005
• Joost Smiers : No copyright , Berlin [u. a.] 2012
• Eva Maria Staal : The Arms Dealer , Zurich [u. a.] 2013
• Frédéric Tonnon : ABBA , Berlin 2005
• Sana Valiulina : Didar & Faruk , Munich 2007
• Esther Verhoef : Der Geliebte , Munich 2009
• Esther Verhoef: Abducted , Munich 2012
• Esther Verhoef: Violated , Munich 2011

Web links

• Homepage of Ilja Braun
• Literature by and about Ilja Braun in the catalog of the German National Library
• Portrait of Ilja Braun on freelance writer
• Braun in the translator database of the Association of German-Language Translators of Literary and Scientific Works, 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ilya Braun. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2014/2015: Volume I: AO. Volume II: PZ. , Walter De Gruyter Incorporated, 2014, p. 1269, ISBN 978-3-11-033720-4 .
2. ↑ Portrait of Ilja Braun in the Heinrich Böll Foundation