Jan Schönherr
Jan Schönherr (* 1979 in Weingarten ) is a German literary translator .
Life
After studying philosophy, sociology, political science and German at the LMU Munich and a year abroad at the Université de Poitiers , Jan Schönherr completed the postgraduate course in "literary translation from English" at the LMU Munich. He worked for several years as a research assistant at the Chair of Philosophy and Economics at LMU and has been working as a literary translator from English, French and Italian since 2009. He has received several awards for his work, including the Bavarian Art Award 2016 and the Kunststiftung NRW Award 2019 (for his translation of the novel New York by Francis Spufford ).
Jan Schönherr lives and works in Munich . He is a member of the Association of German-Language Translators of Literary and Scientific Works , VdÜ, where, among other things, he is co-organizer of the annual conference in Wolfenbüttel , and second chairman of the Munich Translators' Forum.
Translations (selection)
- Woody Allen : By the way , Rowohlt 2020 (multiple translators)
- Charles Bukowski : Katzen , Cologne 2018
- Charles Bukowski: Liebe , Cologne 2019
- Roald Dahl : Love from Boy , Reinbek 2018
- David Duchovny : A Parrot in Brooklyn , Munich 2017
- Jonathan Safran Foer : We are the climate , Cologne 2019 (translated with Stefanie Jacobs)
- SL Gray : Under Ground , Munich 2016
- SL Gray: Das Apartment, Munich 2017
- Billy Idol : Dancing With Myself: Die Autobiographie , Munich 2014 (translated with Harriet Fricke)
- Richard Lange: Angel Baby , Munich 2015
- AG Lombardo : Graffiti Palast , Munich 2019
- Isabelle Mayault: A Long Mexican Night , Rowohlt 2020
- Derek B. Miller : Sigrid Ødegårds Journey to America , Reinbek 2018
- Jax Miller: Freedom's Child , Reinbek 2015
- Michelle Obama : Becoming: My Story , Munich 2018 (multiple translators)
- Nicholas Searle : The old evil , Reinbek 2017
- Nicholas Searle: Treason , Reinbek 2018
- Nicholas Searle: The explosive device , Hamburg 2019
- Mark Haskell Smith : Naked at Lunch , Munich 2016
- Tom Perrotta : Die Verlassenen , Munich 2014
- Anna Snoekstra : Your last summer , Hamburg 2016
- Francis Spufford : New York , Reinbek 2017
- Neil Strauss : The Naked Truth , Munich 2017
- Stephan Talty : Black Hand: Hunt for New York's first Mafia , Berlin 2018
- Michael Wolff : Feuer und Zorn , Reinbek 2018 (several translators)
Web links
- Literature by Jan Schönherr in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biobibliography by Jan Schönherr on the EÜK Straelen website
- Interview with Jan Schönherr on krimiscout.de
- Schönherr in the translator database of the VdÜ, 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ Outstanding artists receive Bavarian Art Prize 2016. Accessed on November 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Kunststiftung NRW: Kunststiftung NRW. Retrieved November 24, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schönherr, Jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German literary translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vineyard |