Klaus Wittmann (translator)

Klaus Wittmann (born May 24, 1937 in Krefeld ) is a German literary translator .

Life

Klaus Wittmann studied law at the universities in Saarbrücken , Heidelberg and Bonn . From 1963 to 1999 he worked for the organization Inter Nationes . Wittmann lives with his wife, the translator Mirjana Wittmann , in Bonn .

Klaus Wittmann translates literary texts from Serbian , Croatian and Bosnian in collaboration with Mirjana Wittmann . In 2006 both received the Brücke Berlin Literature and Translation Prize for their translation of David Albahari's motherland, and in 2011 the Paul Celan Prize in recognition of their life's work .

with Mirjana Wittmann: David Albahari : Snowfall for days. Vienna 1997.
with Mirjana Wittmann: David Albahari: Motherland. Frankfurt am Main 2002.
with Mirjana Wittmann: David Albahari: Götz and Meyer. Frankfurt am Main 2003.
with Mirjana Wittmann: David Albahari: Five words. Frankfurt am Main 2005.
with Mirjana Wittmann: David Albahari: The slap in the face. Frankfurt am Main 2007.
with Mirjana Wittmann: David Albahari: Ludwig. Frankfurt am Main 2009.
with Mirjana Wittmann: David Albahari: The cow is a lonely animal. Frankfurt am Main 2011.
with Mirjana Wittmann: David Albahari: The brother. Frankfurt am Main 2012.
with Mirjana Wittmann: Dragan Aleksić : The day before yesterday. Berlin 2011.
with Mirjana Wittmann: Kaća Čelan : Clean hands. Wuppertal 1996.
with Mirjana Wittmann: Bora Ćosić : The role of my family in the world revolution. Berlin 1994.
with Mirjana Wittmann: Miloš Crnjanski : Iris Berlina. Leipzig 2011.
with Mirjana Wittmann: Šimo Ešić : White world, colorful world. Wuppertal 1997.
with Mirjana Wittmann: Radmila Lazić : The heart between the teeth. Leipzig 2011.
with Mirjana Wittmann: Milan Marković : Hello, Mr. Rabbit. Vienna 2009.
with Mirjana Wittmann: Nedjo Osman : Don't give birth to me. Weilerswist 2006.
with Mirjana Wittmann: Filip Šovagović : Cigla. Berlin 1999.
with Mirjana Wittmann: Filip Šovagović: The little birds. Berlin 2002.
with Mirjana Wittmann: Biljana Srbljanović : Family stories . Berlin 1998.

with Mirjana Wittmann: Biljana Srbljanović: The fall. Berlin 2000.

with Mirjana Wittmann: Biljana Srbljanović: God save America. Berlin 2003.

with Mirjana Wittmann: Biljana Srbljanović: Barbelo. Berlin 2009.

with Mirjana Wittmann: Biljana Srbljanović: grasshoppers. Berlin 2011.

with Mirjana Wittmann: Tena Štivičić : Flying sparks. Berlin 2008.
with Mirjana Wittmann: Zlatko Topčić : MJ & Scottie Pippen. Berlin 2003.
with Mirjana Wittmann and Barbara Antkowiak : Dubravka Ugrešić : The Ministry of Pain. Berlin 2005.
with Mirjana Wittmann and Barbara Antkowiak: Dubravka Ugrešić: Nobody at home. Berlin 2007.
with Mirjana Wittmann: Dubravka Ugrešić: Baba Yaga lays an egg. Berlin 2008.
with Mirjana Wittmann: Dubravka Ugrešić: Karaoke culture. Berlin 2012.
with Mirjana Wittmann: Svetlana Velmar-Janković : Lagum. Frankfurt am Main 2003.