Senta Kapoun
Senta Kapoun (born February 20, 1920 in Stuttgart ; † October 16, 2019 ) was an Austrian literary translator .
Life
After attending secondary school in Stockholm , Senta Kapoun stayed in Berlin in 1936/37. In 1943 she passed her high school diploma. From 1951 to 1953 she worked for the Austrian Youth Book Club . In 1960 she passed the dean's language test in Swedish at the University of Vienna. She has been working as a literary translator since 1963 . From 1980 to 1997 she was the director of the Pöllauberg Public Library ( Styria ). From 1984 to 1996 she was a member of the Austrian Commission for Children's and Youth Literature of the BMfUK. Other activities: 2nd chairwoman of the IG Translators, then the “translator community” , member of the board of the Austrian Library .
Kapoun has Fiction and non-fiction from the Swedish , Norwegian and Danish , the picture book on the children's book to drama , radio drama and poetry translated. The main focus of her work was on the youth novel. With her translations, for which she has been awarded several prizes, Kapoun has made a significant contribution to making Scandinavian children's and youth literature - “classics” such as Astrid Lindgren or Ole Lund Kirkegaard as well as unknown ones - accessible to the German-speaking reading public.
Honors / awards
- 1992 Awarded the professional title of Professor
- 1996 International Astrid Lindgren Prize from the Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs
- 1996 German children's book award
- 1998 Austrian State Prize for Literary Translation
- 1999 Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art
Web links
- Literature by and about Senta Kapoun in the catalog of the German National Library
- Reviews of books translated by Senta Kapoun
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lexicon of Austrian children's and youth literature. Authors and translators, illustrators. Ed .: International Institute for Youth Literature and Reading Research. Buchkultur, Vienna 1994, p. 45
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kapoun, Senta |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 16, 2019 |