Mirjana Wittmann

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Mirjana Wittmann (also: Mirjana Milošević Wittmann , Mirjana Milošević-Vitman ; born October 6, 1938 as Mirjana Milošević in Sarajevo ) is a literary translator .

Life

Mirjana Wittmann grew up in Belgrade . In 1956 she came to the Federal Republic of Germany , where she completed a language course at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg . Then she worked for radio, especially for the Serbian service of Deutsche Welle . She has been a freelance journalist and translator since 1997 . She lives in Bonn with her husband, the translator Klaus Wittmann .

In cooperation with Klaus Wittmann , Mirjana Wittman translates narrative works , plays and radio plays from Serbian , Croatian and Bosnian into German . 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 .

Translations into German

  • David Albahari : Der Bruder , Frankfurt, M. 2012 (translated together with Klaus Wittmann)
  • David Albahari: Five words , Frankfurt am Main 2005 (translated together with Klaus Wittmann)
  • David Albahari: Götz and Meyer , Frankfurt am Main 2003 (translated together with Klaus Wittmann)
  • David Albahari: The cow is a lonely animal , Frankfurt, M. 2011 (translated together with Klaus Wittmann)
  • David Albahari: Ludwig , Frankfurt, M. 2009 (translated together with Klaus Wittmann)
  • David Albahari: Mutterland , Frankfurt am Main 2002 (translated together with Klaus Wittmann)
  • David Albahari: Die Ohrfeige , Frankfurt, M. 2007 (translated together with Klaus Wittmann)
  • David Albahari: Snowfall for days , Vienna 1997 (translated together with Klaus Wittmann)
  • Dragan Aleksić : The day before yesterday , Berlin 2011 (translated together with Klaus Wittmann)
  • Kaća Čelan : Saitteehand , Wuppertal 1996 (translated together with Klaus Wittmann)
  • Bora Ćosić : The role of my family in the world revolution , Berlin 1994 (translated together with Klaus Wittmann)
  • Miloš Crnjanski : Iris Berlina , Leipzig 2011 (translated together with Klaus Wittmann)
  • Šimo Ešić : White World, Colorful World , Wuppertal 1997 (translated together with Klaus Wittmann)
  • Radmila Lazić : The Heart Between Your Teeth , Leipzig 2011 (translated together with Klaus Wittmann)
  • Nedjo Osman : Don't give birth to me , Weilerswist 2006 (translated together with Klaus Wittmann)
  • Filip Šovagović : Cigla , Berlin 1999 (translated together with Klaus Wittmann)
  • Filip Šovagović: Die Vögelchen , Berlin 2002 (translated together with Klaus Wittmann)
  • Biljana Srbljanović : Barbelo , Berlin 2009 (translated together with Klaus Wittmann)
  • Biljana Srbljanović: Familiengeschichten , Berlin 1998 (translated together with Klaus Wittmann)
  • Biljana Srbljanović: God save America , Berlin 2003 (translated together with Klaus Wittmann)
  • Biljana Srbljanović: Locusts , Berlin 2011 (translated together with Klaus Wittmann)
  • Biljana Srbljanović: The Fall , Berlin 2000 (translated together with Klaus Wittmann)
  • Tena Štivičić : sparks , Berlin 2008 (translated with Klaus Wittmann)
  • Zlatko Topčić : MJ & Scottie Pippen , Berlin 2003 (translated together with Klaus Wittmann)
  • Dubravka Ugrešić : Baba Yaga lays an egg , Berlin 2008 (translated together with Klaus Wittmann)
  • Dubravka Ugrešić: Karaoke Culture, Berlin 2012 (translated together with Klaus Wittmann)
  • Dubravka Ugrešić: Nobody at home , Berlin 2007 (translated together with Klaus Wittmann and Barbara Antkowiak )
  • Dubravka Ugrešić: The Ministry of Pain , Berlin 2005 (translated together with Klaus Wittmann and Barbara Antkowiak)
  • Svetlana Velmar-Janković : Lagum , Frankfurt am Main 2003 (translated together with Klaus Wittmann)

Translations into other languages

  • Hilde Domin : Zlatni list , Beograd 2009 (translated under the name Mirjana Milošević Wittmann)
  • Margaret Klare : Noćas se svašta dogodilo , Gornji Milanovac 1992
  • Christa Wolf : Medeja , Beograd 2001 (translated under the name Mirjana Milošević-Vitman)

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personal data
SURNAME Wittmann, Mirjana
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wittmann, Mirjana Milošević; Milošević-Vitman, Mirjana; Milošević, Mirjana (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION translator
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Sarajevo