Martin Chalmers

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Martin Chalmers (born November 11, 1948 in Bielefeld ; died October 22, 2014 in Berlin ) was a British translator , editor and author .

Life

Martin Chalmers grew up in Glasgow . His father was Scot and his mother came from Bielefeld. After studying history in Glasgow, Birmingham and Bochum , he began translating German authors into English. After several years in Birmingham and London , he lived with his wife Esther Kinsky in Hungary and Rixdorf , Berlin, where he died in 2014 after a long illness.

Chalmers translated books by Hans Magnus Enzensberger , Herta Müller , Hubert Fichte , Thomas Bernhard , Peter Handke , Alexander Kluge , Bertolt Brecht , Victor Klemperer and many other German-speaking authors into English. He was also editor and translator of Children and Fools , short stories by Erich Fried , and editor of Beneath Black Stars (2002), an anthology of contemporary Austrian prose. In 2004 Martin Chalmers received the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for The Lesser Evil , his translation of the third part (1945 to 1959) of Victor Klemperer's diaries.

In 2015, Esther Kinsky published their joint travel story Karadag October 13 about the Crimea .

Translations (selection)

  • Sherko Fatah : The Dark Ship. Seagull Books, 2015
  • Alexander Kluge: The Air Raid on Halberstadt on April 8th, 1945 (The air raid on Halberstadt on April 8th, 1945). Seagull Books, 2014
  • Ulrich Peltzer : Part of the Solution. Seagull Books, 2011
  • Hans Magnus Enzensberger : Brussels, the Gentle Monster (Gentle Monster Brussels or the incapacitation of Europe). University of Chicago Press, 2011
  • Esther Kinsky : Summer Resort (summer resort). Seagull Books, 2011
  • Thomas Bernhard : Prose. Seagull Books, 2010
  • Hans Magnus Enzensberger: A history of clouds. Seagull Books, 2010 (translated with Esther Kinsky)
  • Erich Hackl : The wedding in Auschwitz (The wedding of Auschwitz). Serpent's Tail, 2009
  • Bertolt Brecht: Stories of Mr. Keuner (stories from Mr. Keuner). City Lights Books, 2001
  • Hans Magnus Enzensberger: Europe, Europe! (Oh Europe!). Pantheon Books, 1989
  • Herta Müller : The passport (man is a big pheasant in the world). Serpent's Tail, 1989
  • Günter Wallraff : Lowest of the low (at the bottom). Methuen, 1988

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kerstin Decker: Life is a brave dream. Der Tagesspiegel, February 19, 2015, accessed on January 28, 2018 (German).
  2. ^ The Guardian: Martin Chalmers obituary Translator and champion of German-language writers. Robert Lumley, November 21, 2014, accessed January 28, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Martin Chalmers: Martin Chalmers. Word without borders, accessed on January 28, 2018 (English).
  4. ↑ Goethe Institur United Kingdom: Martin Chalmers. Retrieved January 28, 2018 (German).
  5. ↑ Gregor Keuschnig: Esther Kinsky / Martin Chalmers: Karadag October 13 , December 18, 2015, accessed on January 28, 2018 (German).
  6. ↑ Martin Chalmers: Karadag October 13 Notes from the Cold Crimea. Retrieved January 28, 2018 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Chalmers, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British translator, editor and author
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Bielefeld
DATE OF DEATH October 22, 2014
Place of death Berlin