Jürgen Abel

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Jürgen Abel (born March 11, 1941 in Bremen ; † April 17, 2009 ibid) was a German translator from American English, English and French.

Life

Jürgen Abel was born in Bremen as the eldest son of the director of the Bremen Übersee-Museum Herbert Abel and his wife Adele, b. Bavendamm was born. He had an older sister and a younger brother. Abel lived and worked for many years in the USA and in Munich before returning to Bremen in the late 1990s.

A selection of translations by Jürgen Abel

  • 1969 David Irving : murder for reasons of state? Churchill and Sikorski - a tragic alliance. Non-fiction
  • 1970 Guy Breton: Madame makes history. Cherchez la femme or Women are to blame for everything.
  • 1971 James Dickey : River Cruise . novel
  • 1973 Peter Haining (Ed.): Ungeheuer. Short stories
  • 1973 Alistair MacLean : The Dream of the South. Captain Cook's departure into the world of tomorrow. novel
  • 1974 Alan Lelchuk : American Pranks. novel
  • 1975 Doris Lessing : The summer before dark. novel
  • 1975 Roald Dahl : cuddly shell. Short story
  • 1975 Thomas Harris : Black Sunday. novel
  • 1975 John Hawkesworth: Portrait of a Family. novel
  • 1977 Cécil Saint-Laurent : Christine or Story of a Marriage. novel
  • 1978 Arthur Koestler : Man, evolutionary aberration. An anatomy of human reason and unreason.
  • 1978 Brian Moore : The Doctor's Wife. novel
  • 1979 Emmanuelle Arsan : Emmanuelle from head to toe. novel
  • 1979 Harry Patterson: The Scream From The Cold. novel
  • 1979 John Irving : Garp and How He Saw the World . novel
  • 1980 New York. City Guide
  • 1980 Rome. City Guide
  • 1980 Denis-Charlemagne Lavoisier: The love village. novel
  • 1980 Frederick Brown: A Scandal for Life. Jean Cocteau - his art, his men, his women, his time. biography
  • 1981 Félicien Fargèze: Erotic Memoirs.
  • 1982 EL Doctorow : Red-throated diver. novel
  • 1985 Copi : War of the Samba. novel
  • 1987 Anne Green: My Escaped Days. Memories of Anne and Julien Green. biography
  • 1987 Cecil Scott Forester : The "African Queen". novel
  • 1987 Katharine Hepburn : African Queen. novel
  • 1987 Ryū Murakami : Blue lines on transparent skin. novel
  • 1987 Alan Sillitoe : Island in the Fog. novel
  • 1987 Richard Buckle: Nijinsky. biography
  • 1988 Phil Andros : A man for everyone. novel
  • 1988 Tom Clancy : The Patriots' Hour . novel
  • 1989 Alev Lytle Croutier: Harem. The world behind the veil. novel
  • 1989 Meryle Secrest : Salvador Dalí. his eccentric life - his ingenious work - his fantastic world. Non-fiction
  • 1989 Alan Palmer : Crowned Cousins. German nobility on England's throne. Non-fiction
  • 1990 Julius Fast: body language. Non-fiction
  • 1990 Alexander Lowen : Bioenergetics as body therapy. The betrayal of the body and how to make amends. Non-fiction
  • 1990 Rosamunde Pilcher : The Shell Seekers. novel
  • 1991 Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale: Misia. Muse - patron - model. The unusual life of Misia Sert. biography
  • 1992 Albert Goldman: John Lennon. One life. biography
  • 1992 Sam Shaw and Norman Rosten : Marilyn. Very private. biography
  • 1992 EL Doctorow : Red-throated diver. novel
  • 1993 Walter Lord : The Secret of Dunkirk. novel
  • 1995 James Purdy : Affectionate Cannibals. stories
  • 2000 Parker's Wine Guide. 8,000 wines from the world's most important wine regions have been tested and rated.
  • 2002 Christopher Wilkins: The Timepiece. novel

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://familienangebote.genealogy.net/detailstod.php?ID=1041141&PID=1
  2. ↑ http://d-nb.info/gnd/13807321X
personal data
SURNAME Abel, Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German translator from American English, English and French
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH April 17, 2009
Place of death Bremen