Waltraud Hüsmert
Waltraud Hüsmert (born May 6, 1951 in Werdohl , Westphalia ) is a German translator .
Life
Waltraud Hüsmert completed a study of the subjects of Dutch , German and art history at the Free University of Berlin and at the University of Leiden . She has been working as a freelance translator since 1981 . She lives in Berlin today .
Hüsmert translates literary and scientific works from Dutch and English into German .
Hüsmert is a member of the Association of German-Language Translators of Literary and Scientific Works , VdÜ.
Prizes and awards
Waltraud Hüsmert received the following awards for her translation work:
- 2001 Prize of the City of Münster for European Poetry
- 2001 Culture Prize of the Flemish Community
- 2004 Martinus Nijhoff Prize
- 2008 Else Otten Translator Award
- 2012 Translation Prize from the Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft for the translation of Congo: A Story by David Van Reybrouck
Translations
- ... but not made of stone , Weinheim 1981
- Albert Alberts : The Islands , Frankfurt am Main 2003
- Threes Anna : Waiting for the monsoon , Berlin 2011
- Anne Frank House Amsterdam , Amsterdam 2000
- Huub Beurskens : Das Verlöbnbis , Berlin 1992
- Marion Bloem : Kasesa's lie , Berlin 1995
- Pauline de Bok : Blankow or The Desire for Home , Frankfurt 2009
- Jan Johannes Theodorus Boon : Tschuk , Berlin 1993
- Andreas Burnier : Boyhood , Berlin 1993
- Andreas Burnier: Rendezvous with Stella Artois , Berlin 1994
- Hugo Claus : Belladonna , Stuttgart 1996
- Hugo Claus: Gedichte , Stuttgart 2000 (translated together with Maria Csollány )
- Hugo Claus: The Sorrows of Belgium , Stuttgart 2008
- Hugo Claus: The Sleepwalker , Stuttgart 2002
- Hugo Claus: Silence , Stuttgart 1998
- Hugo Claus: Unfinished Past , Stuttgart 2001
- Drug addiction - causes and forms , Weinheim 1983
- Dennis Eisenberg : Mossad , Aalen 1982
- Willem Elsschot : Villa des Roses , Frankfurt am Main 1993
- Hella S. Haasse : The Scarlet City , Reinbek 1994
- Maarten 't Hart : A Flock of Whimbrels , Frankfurt am Main 1988
- John Haugeland : Artificial Intelligence - Programmed Reason? , Hamburg 1987
- Willem Frederik Hermans : Au pair , Leipzig 2003
- Willem Frederik Hermans: The Darkroom of Damocles , Leipzig 2001
- Willem Frederik Hermans: The perfect house , Berlin 2011
- Willem Frederik Hermans: Never Sleep Again , Leipzig 2002
- Willem Frederik Hermans: The tears of the acacias , Berlin 2005
- Eric Heuvel : The Search , Braunschweig 2010
- In Anne Frank's house , Frankfurt am Main 2004
- Peyman Jafari : The Other Iran , Munich 2010
- Mensje van Keulen : Mr. Ratti , Berlin 1994
- Tessa de Loo : The Baptism of Fire , Munich 1996
- Tessa de Loo: The painted sky , Munich 2001
- Tessa de Loo: The son from Spain , Munich 2005
- Tessa de Loo: The Dream Palace , Munich 2000
- Tessa de Loo: The Twins , Munich 1995
- Tip Marugg : Birds also die in the morning blue , Berlin 1993
- Menno Metselaar : The story of Anne Frank , Hamburg 2005
- Marente de Moor : Amsterdam and back , Berlin 2010
- Erwin Mortier : Marcel , Frankfurt am Main 2001
- Derek Partridge : AI and the software engineering of the future , Hamburg 1989 (translated together with Wolfgang Lux )
- Roger S. Pressman : Software engineering , Hamburg 1989
- Rob Riemen : Adel des Geist , Munich 2010
- Thomas Rosenboom : Das Liebeswerk , Frankfurt am Main 2000
- Joost Swarte : Not like that, but like that! , Victories 1987
- David Van Reybrouck : Kongo: Eine Geschichte , Suhrkamp, Berlin 2012 ISBN 978-3-518-42307-3
Web links
- Literature by and about Waltraud Hüsmert in the catalog of the German National Library
- Hüsmert in the translator database of the Association of German-Language Translators of Literary and Scientific Works, VdÜ, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hüsmert, Waltraud |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Werdohl , Westphalia |