Rolf Erdorf

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Rolf Erdorf (born May 26, 1956 in Auw bei Prüm , Eifel ) translates children's and youth literature as well as works of art and cultural history from Dutch into German.

biography

From 1974 Erdorf studied German and Romance languages ​​in Bonn, from 1980 Dutch philology at the Free University of Berlin . From 1984 to 1989 he worked as a freelance journalist for Dutch broadcasters. He has been a full-time translator since 1989. Rolf Erdorf lives in Bad Oldesloe.

Awards

  • 1996: Prize for literary translations from the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg for the translation of Klaas van Assen, Hester's Secret . Nagel & Kimche, Frauenfeld 1996, ISBN 3-312-00794-1 .
  • 2005: Martinus-Nijhoff-Prize of the Prins Bernard Cultuurfonds, Amsterdam for the complete works of translated children's and youth literature (together with Annelies Jorna).
  • 2006: German Youth Literature Prize, Youth Book section for the translation of Dolf Verroen , How beautiful I know (original title: Hoe mooi wit ik ben ). Hammer, Wuppertal 2005, ISBN 978-3-7795-0039-1 .
  • 2006: Gustav Heinemann Peace Prize for the translation by Dolf Verroen: How beautiful I know I am
  • 2016: German Youth Literature Prize , picture book category, for the translation of Edward van de Vendel : The dog that Nino did not have . Bohem, Press Münster 2015, ISBN 978-3-85581-552-4 .

Works

  • Antarctica , Ostfildern 1993 (with Diana Galimberti)

Editing

  • with Chris Lambertsen (photos): gay and lesbian visibility , swarm of men, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-939542-80-3 .

Translations

  • Frank Adam: The 666th reincarnation or Shit happens , Hildesheim 2009
  • Anatomical Puppen , Ruhnmark 1993 (translated together with Cornelia C. Kähler)
  • Grace and devotion , Stuttgart 2007
  • René Appel : Murder in the Third Person , Berlin 1991
  • Klaas van Assen: Hester's secret , Zurich [u. a.] 1996
  • Klaas van Assen: Mees Makes Stories , Zurich 1999
  • Klaas van Assen: Papa Makes Stories , Ravensburg 2004
  • Els Beerten : Run for your life , Düsseldorf 2005
  • Corien Botman: This is your moment , Hamburg 2012
  • Corien Botman: Prince of life , Hamburg 2011
  • Corien Botman: Don't say I love you , Hamburg 2006
  • Diane Broeckhoven : Days with Gold Edge , Hamburg 1994
  • Jos van den Broek: Schweige Not , Zurich 1993
  • Jorien de Bruijn: Villa Proppenvoll , Hamburg 2008
  • Willem Capteyn: Tibor , Recklinghausen 1994
  • Salvador Dalí : Dalí compact , Stuttgart 2003
  • Jan De Leeuw : Wrong Pictures , Munich 2009
  • Jan De Leeuw: Nachtland , Hildesheim 2007
  • Jan De Leeuw: Red snow on Thorsteinhalla , Hildesheim 2010
  • Jan De Leeuw: Schrödinger, Dr. Linda and a corpse in the cold store , Hildesheim 2010
  • Jan De Leeuw: The Silence of the Owls , Hildesheim 2006
  • Jan De Leeuw: Eisvogelsommer , Hildesheim 2016
  • Jan De Leeuw: Babel , Stuttgart 2018
  • Jochem Myjer: Die Gorgel , Stuttgart 2016
  • Jochem Myjer: Die Welt der Gorgel , Stuttgart 2018
  • Patrick De Rynck: The Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp , Gent [u. a.] 2005
  • Marita de Sterck : Most recently the dogs , Hamburg 2012
  • The Birth of the Baroque , Stuttgart 2001 (translated with Werner Peterich )
  • Ronald Giphart: I hug you thousands of times , Munich 2001
  • Vincent van Gogh : Van Gogh compact , Stuttgart 2002
  • Linda Groeneveld: An elephant for the princess , Hildesheim 2013
  • Petra Gunst: Belgium , Brussels 2005
  • Annemarie van Haeringen: Monsieur Matisse and his flying scissors , Stuttgart 2015
  • Annemarie van Haeringen: Snow White knits a monster , Stuttgart 2016
  • Annemarie van Haeringen: Ossip and the red thread , Stuttgart 2018
  • Annemarie van Haeringen / Ao De, Ao Ter, Mein Papa , Stuttgart 2018
  • Corrie Hafkamp: Amerta, Daughter of the Sea , Würzburg 1994
  • Veronica Hazelhoff : Krähensommer , Zurich [u. a.] 1997
  • Veronica Hazelhoff: Winterkind , Zurich 2000
  • Martha Heesen : Flying Stones , Hildesheim 2017
  • Martha Heesen : My brother, the new ones and I , Hildesheim 2016
  • Martha Heesen: You don't have to like dogs , Hildesheim 2015
  • Martha Heesen: Marie and Heaven on Earth , Düsseldorf 2006
  • Martha Heesen: Monday has wings , Mannheim 2010
  • Martha Heesen: The night when Mats did not come home , Düsseldorf 2005
  • Iris van der Heide: Sara and the magic chalk , Düsseldorf 2006
  • Iris van der Heide: What a day! , Hamburg 2007
  • Katrien Hoekstra: Hamdi , Leipzig 2010
  • Marjon Hoffman: The Boskampi , Hamburg 2006
  • Matthijs Ilsing and Jos Koldewij (eds.), Hieronymus Bosch: Visions of a genius . Stuttgart 2016
  • Matthijs Ilsing, Jos Koldewij, Ron Spronk, Luuk Hoogstede (eds.), Hieronymus Bosch: painter and draftsman . Stuttgart 2016
  • Hans Janssen: Children want clarity , Zurich 1994
  • Japan: Meji Art & Japonism , Zwolle 2006
  • Jordaens and the Ancient World , Munich 2012
  • Maayken Koolen: Look there! , Weinheim [u. a.] 2009
  • Cattle Kromhout: Catching Cats , Vienna 1995
  • Marco Kunst : Deleted , Hildesheim 2005
  • Marco Kunst: Isas Traum , Hildesheim 2010
  • Marco Kunst: The Key Bearer and the Gray Kings , Hildesheim 2013
  • Marco Kunst: Fly! , Hildesheim 2015
  • Marco Art: Lord of the Times , Hildesheim 2016
  • Sjoerd Kuyper : The pocket knife . Anrich, Kevelaer 1994, ISBN 3-89106-183-8 .
  • Ted van Lieshout: Where's the sea? , Munich 2017
  • Ted van Lieshout: Very little love , Munich 2014
  • Paul van Loon : Dear moon, I'm coming for you , Hamburg 1994.
  • Magritte , Stuttgart [a. a.] 1998 (translated together with Cornelia Kolden).
  • Roger Marijhaben: Bruegel , Cologne 2003.
  • Koos Meinderts: Ballad vom Tod , Hildesheim 2009.
  • Grant Michaels: Beautiful to Die , Berlin 1993.
  • Brigitte Minne / Carll Cneut: Hexenfee , Münster 2016
  • Tina Mortier: Marie and the things in life , Zurich 2014.
  • Mirjam Oldenhave : flee if you can! , Münster 2009.
  • Ron van Outsem: Sexual Abuse of Boys , Ruhnmark 1993.
  • Pablo Picasso : Picasso compact , Stuttgart 2003 (translated together with Beatrice von Bormann).
  • Sieb Posthuma: Where is Rintje? , Cologne 2008.
  • Walter Prevenier: The Burgundian Netherlands , Weinheim 1986.
  • Wouter van Reek: Krawinkel & Eckstein: In the footsteps of Piet Mondrian , Hildesheim 2012.
  • Wouter van Reek: Krawinkel & Eckstein: The Invention , Düsseldorf 2008.
  • Wouter van Reek: Krawinkel & Eckstein: The rescue operation , Düsseldorf 2006.
  • Fiona Rempt: Superfreunde , Mannheim 2012.
  • Loes Riphagen: Tiny superheroes , Hildesheim 2012.
  • Loes Riphagen: Bedroom animals , Hildesheim 2010.
  • Lydia Rood: I'm at home in the circus , Vienna 1994.
  • Lydia Rood: Mohnkind , Vienna 1993.
  • Helga Ruebsamen: Auf Scheveningen , Berlin 1992
  • Helga Ruebsamen: The dancing cat , Berlin 1995
  • Gideon Samson: Heaven can still wait , Münster 2009
  • Gideon Samson: 70 tricks to avoid going swimming , Hildesheim 2014
  • Gideon Samson: Double Dead , Hildesheim 2015
  • Gideon Samson: Floodlight , Hildesheim 2016
  • Gideon Samson: Shooting Star Summer , Hildesheim 2018
  • Erna Sassen: This is not a diary , Stuttgart 2015
  • Erna Sassen: Don't come too close to me! , Stuttgart 2016
  • Erna Sassen: No shape that I fit into , Stuttgart 2018
  • Ruttien Schregardus: Children with Sleep Problems , Zurich 1994
  • Peter Slabbynck: The jersey with the dots , Hildesheim 2000
  • Viktor Staudt : The story of my suicide and how I found life again , Munich 2014
  • Karlijn Stoffels : 1-0 for the idiots , Weinheim [u. a.] 2009
  • Karlijn Stoffels: Khalid , Weinheim [u. a.] 2003
  • Karlijn Stoffels: Stiefland , Weinheim 2001
  • TheoThijssen: A boy like Kees , Göttingen 2019
  • Belinda Thomson: Van Gogh - paintings , Ostfildern 2007
  • Sjraar van Heugten (Ed.) Van Gogh - the drawings , Stuttgart 2005
  • Leen van den Berg: About the elephant who wanted to know what love is , Hildesheim 2014
  • Maarten Vande Wiele: Paris , Hamburg 2012
  • Simon van der Geest : Dysseus , Stuttgart 2017
  • Ina Vandewijer: Like a stone in me , Mannheim 2011
  • Edward van de Vendel : Anna Maria Sofia and little Wim , Hamburg 2006
  • Edward van de Vendel: grandfather, smallfather , Hamburg 2007
  • Edward van de Vendel: The long nights of silence , Hamburg 2009
  • Edward van de Vendel: Be nice, Superguppy! , Cologne 2011
  • Edward van de Vendel: Jump, if you dare , Hamburg 2001
  • Edward van de Vendel: Superguppy , Cologne 2008
  • Edward van de Vendel: The days of bluegrass love , Hamburg 2008
  • Edward van de Vendel: The dove that didn't dare , Hildesheim 2012
  • Edward van de Vendel: Twice or Cooler than Ice , Hamburg 2007
  • Edward van de Vendel: What I forgot , Hamburg 2004
  • Edward van de Vendel / Carll Cneut: Two million butterflies , Cologne 2008
  • Edward van de Vendel / Anoush Elman: The Happiness Finder , Hamburg 2011
  • Edward van de Vendel / Carll Cneut : A dog like Sam , Hamburg 2011
  • Edward van de Vendel: Winter with Sam , Hamburg 2011
  • Edward van de Vendel / Anton van Hertbruggen: The dog that Nino did not have . Münster 2015
  • Edward van de Vendel / Dieter and Ingrid Schubert: The rejoicing bird . Frankfurt 2016
  • Edward van de Vendel: Prince Hajo the lucky one. 10 birthdays, 2 dogs and 1 prince , Hildesheim 2017
  • Karl Verleyen: The Secret of the Red Viking , Würzburg 1993
  • Frank Vermeulen: Der Herr Albert , Hildesheim 2003
  • Dolf Verroen : It is time to Frankfurt am Main 1997
  • Dolf Verroen: Josefinchen Mongolinchen , Stuttgart 2006
  • Dolf Verroen: Waiting for the Kaiser , Hamburg 1999
  • Dolf Verroen: War and Friendship , Stuttgart 1999. New edition: Stuttgart 2016.
  • Dolf Verroen: How beautiful I am , Wuppertal 2005.
  • Vincent van Gogh - The Colors of the Night , Ostfildern 2008
  • Derk Visser: The most beautiful place in the world , Zug 2011
  • Simone van der Vlugt : Das Klapperhaus , Düsseldorf 2005
  • Dirk de Vos: Rogier van der Weyden , Munich 1999 (translated together with Annemarie Seling)
  • Anke de Vries: A bridge for Judith, or: Vergehnisvolles Schweigen , Reinbek near Hamburg 1995
  • Anke de Vries: Memo is silent , Reinbek near Hamburg 1998
  • Piet Vroon: Three Brains in Your Head , Zurich 1993
  • Bette Westera : Everywhere & nowhere , Munich 2016
  • Marleen Westera: Sheep and Goat , Düsseldorf 2006
  • Janwillem van de Wetering : Cow catches rabbit , Reinbek near Hamburg 1991
  • Saskia van der Wiel: Finally kiss me! , Hamburg 2003
  • Arnoud Wierstra: Babel , Berlin 2017
  • Wille advised: Ene mene muh ... where are you? , Hildesheim 2010
  • Jan F. de Zanger : Why didn't we say anything ...? , Kevelaer 1991
  • Joost Zwagerman : Falsches Licht , Hamburg 1995
  • Joost Zwagerman: The concubine , Vienna 2000
  • Floortje Zwigtman : Adrian Mayfield - On Life and Death , Hildesheim 2011
  • Floortje Zwigtman: Adrian Mayfield - An attempt at love , Hildesheim 2009
  • Floortje Zwigtman: I, Adrian Mayfield , Hildesheim 2008
  • Floortje Zwigtman: Wolf Pack , Hildesheim 2006

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personal data
SURNAME Erdorf, Rolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German translator from Dutch
DATE OF BIRTH May 26, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Auw at Prüm