Thomas Wiedling
Thomas Wiedling (born June 15, 1962 in Munich ) is a German writer , translator and literary agent .
Life
Thomas Wiedling studied German and Slavic studies at universities in Munich, Freiburg and Moscow . In 1989 he graduated from the German School of Journalism in Munich.
Wiedling first made a name for himself as a translator for Russian literature and was awarded numerous prizes for this work. Thomas Wiedling has translated works by Alexandra Marinina , Alexander Terechow , Arkadij Bartov , Asar Eppel , Wladimir Sorokin , Dmitry Likhachov and many others , among others . He later published his own novels.
The author is a founding member of the Munich Translators' Forum as well as the founding owner of the interactive online publishing bookstore Calle Arco.
Together with Bettina Nibbe he runs the literary agency Nibbe & Wiedling , which places works by Russian-speaking authors of all genres in all exploitation formats worldwide.
Wiedling lives with his family near Munich. He is a member of the Association of German-Language Translators of Literary and Scientific Works , VdÜ.
Works
Own works
- Thomas Wiedling: The stairs . btb Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-442-73406-1 .
- Thomas Wiedling (editor): Gruppa: Texts from Moscow . Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-921992-21-4 .
Translations
- Alexandra Marinina: On unfamiliar territory: Anastasija's first case . Fischer , Frankfurt 2003, ISBN 978-3-596-14313-9 .
- Alexander Terechow: rat hunt . dtv , 2003, ISBN 978-3-423-20648-8 .
Web links
- Literature agency Nibbe & Wiedling
- Author profile at Randomhouse
- Munich Translator Forum
- Calle Arco Independent book recommendation network
- Wiedling in the translator database of the VdÜ, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wiedling, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer, translator, literary agent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |