Irja Grönholm
Irja Dittmann-Grönholm (born June 18, 1951 in Eberswalde ) is a German translator of Estonian-language literature .
Living and translating
Irja Grönholm is of Estonian-Swedish descent. She grew up bilingual in German and Estonian .
Grönholm graduated from high school in 1970. She then studied biology at the Ernst Moritz Arndt University in Greifswald until 1974 .
From 1974 to 1984 Grönholm was a research assistant at the Academy of Sciences in East Berlin . She has been a freelance translator for Estonian literature since 1984 . She has presented a wide range of translations from the fields of fiction, drama, children's books and non-fiction.
Irja Grönholm has, among other works of Jaan Kross , Maimu Berg , Mati Unt , Eeva Park , Mari seed and Ervin Õunapuu and plays by Jaan Tätte , Merle Karusoo , Peeter Jalakas and Tiit Ojasoo translated into German. From 1990 to 2004 she was co-editor of the magazine estonia .
Grönholm lives in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania .
Awards
1991 she was awarded the Estonian Writers' Union the price via Estica . In 2008 and 2009 she received the annual prize of the state foundation Eesti Kultuurkapital .
Web links
- Literature by and about Irja Grönholm in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.transcript-review.org/de/issue/transcript-39-estland/lyrik-hasso-krull/mehr-uber-die-ubersetzer
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grönholm, Irja |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dittmann-Grönholm, Irja |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German translator of Estonian-language literature |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eberswalde |