Ulrika Wallenström
Kerstin Ulla Margareta Wallenström (born August 16, 1944 in Hudiksvall ) is an award-winning Swedish translator.
life and work
After studying at Uppsala University , which was completed with a Bachelor of Arts degree, she trained as a teacher at adult education centers at the Linköping Teachers' College . From 1973 to 1976 Wallenström was Amanuensis at Uppsala University.
Ulrika Wallenström has worked as a translator of German-language literature into Swedish since 1970. Her most important translations include the Aesthetics of Resistance by Peter Weiss (1976–1981) and the central works by WG Sebald . She also carried out the new translations of Thomas Mann's classics such as Buddenbrooks (2005), Der Zauberberg (2011) and Doktor Faustus (2015).
Ulrika Wallenström receives the Swedish state artist's salary for life and without asking for anything in return.
Translations (selection)
- Alfred Döblin : Berlin Alexanderplatz (Ekstrands, 1978)
- Robert Walser : Jakob von Gunten ; (Norstedts, 1980)
- Helga Schütz : Prehistory or the beautiful area of Probstein; Förhistorier (Worker Culture, 1983)
- Patrick Süskind : The perfume ; Parfymen - berättelsen om en mördare (Wahlström & Widstrand, 1986)
- Natascha Wodin : I live once; En gång levde jag (Bonniers 1991)
- Erich Auerbach : Mimesis: Depicted Reality in Western Literature; Mimesis: verklighetsframställningen i den västerländska litteraturen (Bonniers, 1998)
- Arthur Schnitzler : dream novel ; Drömberättelse (Bonniers, 1998)
- Durs Grünbein : Biologisk vals (Selected Poems) (Norstedts, 1999)
- Jenny Erpenbeck : trinkets ; Smäck (Bonniers, 2003)
- Wilhelm Jensen : Gradiva. A Pompeian fantasy piece; Gradiva: ett pompejanskt fantasistycke ( Gradiva ) (Bonniers, 2013)
- Jenny Erpenbeck : Every day evening; Natt for god (Bonniers 2016)
Prizes and awards
- 1978: Sveriges Författarfonds premium till personer för belöning av litterär förtjänst
- 1986: Svenska Academies översättarpris
- 1988: Stiftelsen Natur och Kulturs översättarpris
- 1994: Albert Bonniers 100-årsminne
- 1994: Elsa Thulin-priset
- 1994: Letterstedtska priset för översättningar
- 1999: Stiftelsen Natur och Kulturs översättarpris
- 2010: Samfundet De Nios översättarpris
- 2011: Samfundet De Nios översättarpris
- 2017: Gerard Bonnier Prize
Web links
- Innehavare av inkomstgaranti. konstnarsnamnden.se (Swedish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Winner for translations. Retrieved September 27, 2016 .
- ^ Artists with state income guarantee. Retrieved September 28, 2016 .
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SURNAME | Wallenström, Ulrika |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wallenström, Kerstin Ulla Margareta |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish translator |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1944 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hudiksvall , Sweden |