Tobias Scheffel
Tobias Scheffel (born June 13, 1964 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German translator of French literature.
Life
Scheffel studied Romance studies, history and geography at the universities of Tübingen, Tours (France) and Freiburg. Since 1992 he has translated numerous works from French by, among others, Robert Bober , Fred Vargas , Gustave Flaubert , Jacques Le Goff , Viviane Forrester , Catherine Clément , Marie-Aude Murail , Pierre Lemaitre , Jacques Roubaud and Georges Perec . Scheffel is a member of the Association of German-Language Translators of Literary and Scientific Works (VdÜ).
In 2005 he received the Eugen Helmlé Translation Prize, which was awarded for the first time, for his translations of the novels by Robert Bober and Fred Vargas. In 2008 he was awarded the German Youth Literature Prize for the book Simpel by Marie-Aude Murail, which he translated . In 2011 he received the special prize of the German Youth Literature Prize, with which his entire work as a translator was recognized.
Further translations (selection)
- Chen Jianghong : To Grandfather's Hand , Moritz Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-89565-210-3 .
- Marie-Aude Murail : One way or another life is. Fischer Schatzinsel, Frankfurt am Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-596-85359-5 .
- Marie-Aude Murail: Tristan founds a gang , with pictures by Susanne Göhlich. Fischer KJB, Frankfurt am Main 2013, ISBN 978-3-596-85487-5 .
- Marie-Aude Murail: 3000 ways to say I love you Fischer KJB, Frankfurt am Main 2015, ISBN 978-3-596-85653-4 .
- Marie-Aude Murail: Simple . Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-596-18596-2 .
- Marie-Aude Murail: Sooner or later , Fischer Schatzinsel, Frankfurt am Main 2010, ISBN 978-3-596-85390-8 .
- Timothée de Fombelle : Vango . Volume 1. Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 2011, ISBN 978-3-8369-5365-8 ; Volume 2, Hildesheim 2012, ISBN 978-3-8369-5476-1 .
- Frédéric Beigbeder : Oona & Salinger . Piper, Munich 2015.
- Claude K. Dubois: Akim is running. Moritz Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2013, ISBN 978-3-8956-5268-4 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Tobias Scheffel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Scheffel in the translator database of the VdÜ, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bushel, Tobias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German literary translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |