Michi Strausfeld

Michi Strausfeld (* 1945 in Recklinghausen , actually Mechtild Strausfeld ) is a German literary scholar, editor, editor and literary intermediary between Latin America and Germany. She has mainly translated and edited literature from Latin America and Spain.

Life

Michi Strausfeld studied English, Romance and Hispanic Studies and in 1970 spent a study period in Colombia . She received her doctorate in 1976 with a dissertation on “The New Latin American Novel and Gabriel García Márquez ”. From 1974 to 2008 she was responsible for the Spanish-Latin American publishing program of the Suhrkamp Verlag as a publishing editor . More than 350 titles from Ibero America were published there . In 2008 she moved to S. Fischer Verlag , for which she worked until 2016 and set up a new program. She edited several volumes of material and numerous anthologies. She also edited seven volumes for the magazine die horen . She is a member of the German PEN Center .

Michi Strausfeld lives in Berlin and Barcelona .

Honors

In 2009 she received the Orden de Isabel la Católica for her services as a literary mediator between Spain and Germany .
At the 2012 Buenos Aires Book Fair , she was included in the list of the 50 most important contemporary publishers of Spanish-language books.
In 2015 she was awarded the Grand Cross by Alfonso X the Wise for her work as an editor in Spain of books for children and young people (more than 800 titles).

Publications (selection)

(Ed.): Latin American Literature. Materials. [4. Ed.] Suhrkamp Taschenbuch no. 2041, Frankfurt am Main 1993.
(Ed.): Brazilian Literature .Materials. Suhrkamp pocket book 2024, Frankfurt am Main 1984.
(Ed.) Spanish literature. Materials. Suhrkamp paperback, 2108.
Barcelona. A travel companion. Insel, Frankfurt am Main 2007.
Cubanísimo! Young storytellers from Cuba . Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2000.
Ships of fire. 36 stories from Latin America . S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2010.
Dark tigers. Latin American poetry . S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2012.
Yellow butterflies and the gentlemen dictators. Latin America tells its story. S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2019.

Individual evidence

^ Neue Gesellschaft / Frankfurter Hefte: Michi Strausfeld , accessed on January 6, 2020.
↑ 50 Most Important Persons in the Spanish-Language Publishing World. ( Memento from August 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

personal data
SURNAME	Strausfeld, Michi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German literary scholar, translator, editor and editor
DATE OF BIRTH	1945
PLACE OF BIRTH	Recklinghausen

[1] Neue Gesellschaft / Frankfurter Hefte: Michi Strausfeld , accessed on January 6, 2020.

[2] 50 Most Important Persons in the Spanish-Language Publishing World. ( Memento from August 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive )