Maria Meinel

Maria Meinel at a reading in the Literaturhaus Leipzig in 2019

Maria Meinel (* 1972 in Meißen ) is a German translator , author , editor and lecturer .

Life

Maria Meinel grew up in Radebeul near Dresden , passed the Abitur at the ABF in Halle (Saale) and then studied literature and linguistics ( Hispanic and English / American studies ), philosophy , media and communication studies and translation in Barcelona , Galway and Halle . After completing her studies, she moved to Barcelona, where she worked as a freelance translator, interpreter and lecturer for three years. Meinel received insights into publishing life at the Lukas Verlag für Kunst- und Geistesgeschichte in Berlin . Today she lives in Halle (Saale), translates fiction, non-fiction, essays and poetry from English , Spanish and Catalan , writes, proofreads and teaches. a. at the Burg Giebichenstein Art Academy Halle (2014 and 2015) and the Harz University of Applied Sciences (WS 2016/17). She is a member of the Association of German-Language Translators of Literary and Scientific Works (VdÜ) and VG Wort and a sponsoring member of the PEN . From 2017 to 2019 she was the online editor of the VdÜ website.

Awards

2019: Scholarship holder of the German Translation Fund

2018: Working grant from the German Translator Fund

2017: Scholarship from the Berlin Senate for Culture and Europe, participation in the Berlin Translation Workshop 2017 at the Berlin Literary Colloquium

2013: Luise-Adelgunde-Victorie-Gottsched-Scholarship awarded by the German Translation Fund

2011: Knowledge book of the year 2011 (category overview) for Douglas Palmer : The evolution of man. Where we come from, where we are going, National Geographic Germany , Hamburg 2011; Co-translator

2008: German Photo Book Prize 2008 for Immisch / Neusüss (Ed.): The Second Avantgarde. The Fotoforum Kassel 1972-1982 , Moritzburg Foundation / Mitteldeutscher Verlag , Halle 2007; Co-author

Web links

Literature by and about Maria Meinel in the catalog of the German National Library
Website of the translator, with a current list of works
Meinel in the translator database of the VdÜ, 2019

Individual evidence

^ German Translation Fund . Retrieved December 6, 2019 .
^ German Translation Fund . Retrieved November 26, 2018 .
↑ Translation Funding / Berlin Translation Workshop | LCB - Literary Colloquium Berlin. Retrieved December 12, 2017 .
^ Luise-Adelgunde-Victorie-Gottsched-Scholarship
↑ Knowledge book of the year | Literature Prize Winner. Accessed December 12, 2017 (German).
^ German Photo Book Prize 2008: The Winners - Photo Tools . In: Photo tools . November 8, 2007 ( fototools.de [accessed December 12, 2017]).

personal data
SURNAME	Meinel, Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German translator, author, editor and lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH	1972
PLACE OF BIRTH	Meissen

[1] German Translation Fund . Retrieved December 6, 2019 .

[2] German Translation Fund . Retrieved November 26, 2018 .

[3] Translation Funding / Berlin Translation Workshop | LCB - Literary Colloquium Berlin. Retrieved December 12, 2017 .

[4] Luise-Adelgunde-Victorie-Gottsched-Scholarship

[5] Knowledge book of the year | Literature Prize Winner. Accessed December 12, 2017 (German).

[6] German Photo Book Prize 2008: The Winners - Photo Tools . In: Photo tools . November 8, 2007 ( fototools.de [accessed December 12, 2017]).