John Brownjohn
John Nevil Maxwell Brownjohn (born April 11, 1929 in Rickmansworth , Hertfordshire , † January 6, 2020 ) was a British translator and screenwriter .
Life
Brownjohn began translating his first texts from German while still studying German . After graduating, he started his own business as a freelance translator and has translated more than 150 works over the years.
At the end of the 1980s, Brownjohn met the director Roman Polański and worked on a number of films - e. B. Tess or Bitter Moon - with him.
Awards
- 1979 Schlegel-Tieck Prize for People and politics ( Willy Brandt )
- 1993 Schlegel-Tieck Prize for Infanta ( Bodo Kirchhoff )
- 1993 Schlegel-Tieck Prize for The swedish cavalier ( Leo Perutz )
- 1998 Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator Award for The Karnau Tapes ( Marcel Beyer )
- 1998 Schlegel-Tieck Prize for Heroes like us ( Thomas Brussig )
- 1998 Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator Award for Heroes like us (Thomas Brussig)
Works (selection)
- For adults
- Frank Arnau : The art of the faker (art forger)
- Marcel Beyer : The Karnau tapes ( flying foxes )
- Willy Brandt : People and politics (encounters and insights)
- Thomas Brussig : Heroes like us ( Heroes like us )
- Lothar-Günther Buchheim : The boat ( the boat )
- Thomas Glavinic : Night work ( Die Arbeit der Nacht )
- Martin Gregor-Dellin : Richard Wagner (Richard Wagner)
- Bodo Kirchhoff : Infanta (Infanta)
- Hans Hellmut Kirst : The night of the generals (Die Nacht der Generale)
- Georg Klein : Libidissi (Libidissi)
- Leo Perutz : The swedish cavalier ( The Swedish Rider )
- Alain Claude Sulzer : A perfect waiter (A perfect waiter)
- For children
- Walter Moers : City of the dreaming books ( The city of dreaming books )
- Walter Moers: A wild ride through the night (Wilde Reise durch die Nacht)
- Dietlof Reiche : The golden hamster saga (Freddy)
- I, Freddy follows (Freddy, a wild hamster life)
- Freddy in peril (Freddy, a hamster lives dangerously)
- Freddy to the rescue (Freddy, a hamster intervenes)
- The haunting of Freddy (Freddy and the Ferrets of Terror)
- Freddy's final quest (Freddy, a hamster is in love)
Web links
- John Brown John in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Brownjohn, John 1929– | Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved July 24, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brownjohn, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brownjohn, John Nevil Maxwell |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British translator and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rickmansworth , Hertfordshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 2020 |