Winifred Ray
Winifred Ray was a literary translator from German and French into English .
She provided the first English-language translations of important fiction works of her time such as Heinrich Mann's Die kleine Stadt and Karl Heinrich Waggerl's Bread , but also biographies such as Konrad Heiden's Hitler biography or the historical biography works of Werner Hegemann .
Ray was particularly active as a translator in the 1920s and 1930s and probably also worked on English text versions for early foreign sound films .
literature
- Olive Classe: Encyclopedia of literary translation into English , 2000 ISBN 1-884964-36-2
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ray, Winifred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th century or 20th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th century or 21st century |