Klaus Detlef Olof
Klaus Detlef Olof (born November 6, 1939 in Oebisfelde ) is a German translator.
Life
Olof spent his childhood and youth in Lübeck and Hildesheim . He studied Slavic Studies in Hamburg and Sarajevo . Until 2005 he taught at the universities of Klagenfurt , Graz and Vienna . He currently lives and works in Zagreb and Pula .
plant
Klaus Detlef Olof has translated numerous books from the South Slavic literatures ( Bosnian , Bulgarian , Croatian , Macedonian , Serbian and Slovenian ). The authors he has translated include a. France Prešeren , Miroslav Krleža , Miljenko Jergović , Zoran Ferić , Dževad Karahasan , Dragan Velikić , Drago Jančar , Andrej Blatnik and Milan Dekleva .
Awards
In 1991 he received the Austrian State Prize for Literary Translators .
Web links
- Literature by and about Klaus Detlef Olof in the catalog of the German National Library
- Portrait of Klaus Detlef Olof on the website of the Austrian Society for Literature
- Information about Klaus Detlef Olof on the Folio-Verlag website
- Interview with Klaus Detlef Olof, website of the TransStar Europe project
- Short biography on the website of the European literature and translator project Traduki
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Olof, Klaus Detlef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German literary translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oebisfelde |