Uta Szyszkowitz
Uta Szyszkowitz (until her marriage: Uta Wiers-Keizer ; born September 23, 1935 in the Free City of Danzig ) is an Austrian literary translator.
Life
Uta Szyszkowitz was born in Sopot near Danzig. After fleeing in 1945, she grew up in Krefeld and studied theater and Romance studies in Berlin, Paris and Vienna . She received her doctorate in 1961 from the University of Vienna .
She then worked as a freelance literary translator from English and French, initially of around 25 stage plays and radio plays , later also of numerous fiction novels and short stories, youth literature and non-fiction , especially in the fields of history and politics.
In 1981 Szyszkowitz was a founding member of the Austrian Translators' Association (ÜG), today IG Translators, and afterwards worked for many years on the board, including a founding delegate and also a long-term board member of the European umbrella association of literary translators CEATL .
She has been married to the author and theater director Gerald Szyszkowitz since 1962 and is the mother of three children: Stefan, Tessa and Franz Szyszkowitz.
Awards
- 1997 Culture Prize of the State of Lower Austria (Prize for Literary Translation)
- 2000 and 2002 Austrian Children's and Young Adult Translator Prize
- 2013 State Prize for Literary Translation (awarded in 2014)
Translations
From the French
- Christian Merlin, Die Wiener Philharmoniker: Volume I: The orchestra and its history from 1842 to today. Amalthea Signum Verlag, Vienna 2017
- Joseph Erlich: Shabbat - Religion and Rite of a Polish Jewish Family . Neu-Isenburg 2005.
- André Dahan: grandfather's boat . St. Pölten / Vienna / Linz 2002
- Pierre Heuer: Cocoa Stars . St. Pölten / Vienna / Linz 2002
- Ferdjoukh Malika: Scare me! Wuerzburg 2001
- François Fejtö: Requiem for a monarchy - the smashing of Austria-Hungary (with Hilde Linnert). Vienna 1991
- Maurice Mességué : The law of nature: in the fight for human health (with Hanne Lore Agius). Frankfurt am Main 1989
- Victor Lucien Tapié: Maria Theresa - the empress and her empire (with Eugen Wacker). Graz / Vienna / Cologne 1989
- Remo Forlani: A nice surprise . Vienna / Munich 1985
- Maria Galland and Claude Chauchard: Beauty care and medicine - in search of eternal youth . Vienna / Munich / Zurich / Innsbruck 1980
- Marion and Thibaut von Orléans: A Castle in Bavaria (with Gerald Szyszkowitz). Gütersloh 1978
- Pierre Daix: Marxism, the Doctrine of Terror (with Gerald Szyszkowitz). Graz / Vienna / Cologne 1976
- Victor Lucien Tapié: The peoples under the double-headed eagle (with Gerald Szyszkowitz). Graz / Vienna / Cologne 1975
- Victor Hugo : A thousand francs reward (with Gerald Szyszkowitz). Berlin 1974
- Marc Camoletti: Palace Hotel . Vienna / Munich 1971
- You are right here . Vienna 1969
- Don't be afraid of jealousy . Vienna / Munich 1969
- Fernand Crommelynck: Hot and cold, or Herr Dom's idea . Berlin 1968
- Balbine or the woman with the too small heart . Berlin 1967
- Jacques Deval: The "Joy of Angels . Vienna / Munich 1967
- Jean Genet : Letters to Roger Blin . Hamburg 1962
- Jean Cau: The paratroopers . Berlin 1965
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Michel de Ghelderode : Carolina's shooting gallery . Zurich 1963
- Christopher Columbus . Zurich 1963
- The sun is dying . Zurich 1963
- Three actors . Zurich 1963
- Fool's farce . Zurich 1963
- About the devil who could preach so wonderfully . Zurich 1963
From the English
- Gail Gauthier: Warning - aliens! . Munich 2002
- ME Kerr : Summer feelings . Vienna 2001
- Crisp Marty: General Schlappohr . Vienna 1998
- Justine Rendol: 100,000 megabytes of heart . Vienna 1999.
-
Jane Goldman : Thirteen Something: A Survival Guide For Teens . Freiburg im Breisgau 1997
- For weddings, a death, and when the loo isn't working: tactics for teens . Freiburg im Breisgau 1997
- ... take care !: Tips and tricks for on the go . Munich 1996
- Susan Howatch: The Castle by the Sea . Munich 1995
- Noël Riley Fitch: Anaïs. The erotic life of Anaïs Nin . Vienna 1995.
- Lisa Appignanesi , John Forrester: The women of Sigmund Freud (with Brigitte Rapp). Munich 1994
- Clement C.Moore: Christmas dreams - a 3-D feast for the eyes (with 3D images by John Olsen). Hamburg 1994
- James Saunders : Headlong Hall (radio play). Hamburg 1991.
- Jimmie Chinn: Golden Autumn (radio play). Munich 199l
- Traitor (radio play). Munich 1990.
- Susan Howatch: The Uninvited Guest: a shadow falls on their love . Munich 1990
- János Nyiri: The Jewish School (with Hilde Linnert). Munich / Leipzig 1990
- George Every: Christianity and its legends . Klagenfurt 1990
- WWF: The most beautiful nature reserves in the world . WWF presents. (with Werner Richter and Hilde Linnert) Vienna / Munich 1990
- Zbigniew Brzeziński : The failed experiment . Vienna 1989.
- Clement Clarke: Merry Christmas to everyone . Vienna 1989
- Tom MacCaughren: Cornered . Vienna 1989
- Run with the wind (with the assistance of Charlotte Brandsteidl). Vienna 1988
- Susan Howatch: The Uninvited Guest . Munich 1988
- Paula Sutter Fichtner: Ferdinand I - against Turks and religious schism Graz 1986
- Peter Pierson: Philip II - on the failure of power . Graz 1985
- György Doczi: The power of limits - harmonious proportions in nature, art and architecture . Munich 1984
- Linda and Marsha Frey: Friedrich I - Prussia's first king . Graz 1984
- Charles W. Ingrao: Josef I - the forgotten emperor (with Gerald Szyszkowitz). Graz 1982
- Robert John Weston Evans: Rudolf II - Powerlessness and loneliness . Graz 1980
- Andrew Greeley : The white smoke. The background of the papal elections 1978 (with Anton Grabner-Haider). Graz 1979
- Derek McKay: Prince Eugene of Savoy - general of three emperors (with Gerald Szyszkowitz). Graz 1979
- Susan Howatch: Deadly Sands . Vienna 1973
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gerald Szyszkowitz, Klaus Zeyringer (ed.): Gerald Szyszkowitz or The Art of Remembering. Analyzes, comments, documents . Boesskraut & Bernardi in the hpt-Verlagsgesellschaft, Vienna (inter alia) 1993, ISBN 3-7004-0670-3 , p. 221.
- ↑ Uta Wiers-Keizer: The borderline situation in the drama by Maurice Maeterlinck and Michel de Ghelderode . Dramaturgy and scenic realization . Dissertation. University of Vienna, Vienna 1961, OBV .
- ↑ Press release on the 2013 State Prize for Literary Translation
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Szyszkowitz, Uta |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian literary translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Danzig |