Jamie Bulloch (born 6 September 1969) is a British historian and translator of

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Life and work

Jamie was born at East Dulwich Hospital in 1969. He grew up in Tooting, south-west London, attending first Rosemead School, then

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, where he opened the bowling for the 1st XI. In 1981 he performed with the Children’s Music Theatre (now National Youth Music Theatre) at the

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in a production directed by Jeremy James Taylor, which was also filmed for

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the same year. He returned to the Fringe in 1983 and 1989, appearing latterly in ''Silver'', written by Jonathan Smith and directed by

Anthony Seldon Sir Anthony Francis Seldon (born 2 August 1953) is a British educator and contemporary historian. As an author, he is known in part for his political biographies of Margaret Thatcher, John Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Ther ...

. After taking a first in Modern Languages at

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, he obtained an MA with distinction in Central European History at the

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(SSEES). He took a couple of years out from studying to teach French and German at St Dunstan's College in London, then resumed with a PhD in interwar Austrian history, in which he was supervised by Martyn Rady. He taught German language and Central European History at SSEES, UCL, King's College London and

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, and he is the author of a book on

Karl Renner Karl Renner (14 December 1870 – 31 December 1950) was an Austrian politician and jurist of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria. He is often referred to as the "Father of the Republic" because he led the first government of German- ...

in the 'Makers of the Modern World' series. Recent translations include ''Walk me Home by''

Sebastian Fitzek Sebastian David Fitzek (born 13 October 1971 in West-Berlin) is a German writer and journalist. His first book, '' Therapy'' ('' dt.'' ), was a bestseller in Germany in 2006, toppling '' The Da Vinci Code'' from the first position. Fitzek is cu ...

(Head of Zeus), ''Hinterland'' by Arno Geiger (Picador), ''Love in Five Acts'' by Daniela Krien (MacLehose Press), ''Sleepless'' by Romy Hausmann (Quercus Books) and ''The Capital'' by

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(MacLehose Press), which won the 2017

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. His best known work is ''

Look Who's Back ''Look Who's Back'' (german: Er ist wieder da, ; ) is a bestselling German satirical novel about Adolf Hitler by Timur Vermes, published in 2012 by . The novel was adapted into a German movie of the same name, which was released in 2015. P ...

'' by

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(MacLehose Press), which was longlisted for the 2016 IMPAC award and 2015 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. His translation of ''Portrait of the Mother as a Young Woman'' was praised by the ''

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''. He and his wife, Katharina Bielenberg, jointly translated Daniel Glattauer's hit novel, ''Love Virtually'', and its sequel, ''Every Seventh Wave'', both of which were adapted into radio plays starring

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and

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. His translation of ''The Mussel Feast'' won the 2014

Schlegel-Tieck Prize The Schlegel-Tieck Prize for German Translation is a literary translation award given by the Society of Authors in London. Translations from the German original into English are considered for the prize. The value of the prize is £3,000.

, an award for which he has been runner-up on two further occasions. He also had two books on the shortlist for the 2021 Schlegel-Tieck Prize. ''Zen and the Art of Murder'' was shortlisted for the 2018 Crime Writers Association International Dagger.

Personal life

Jamie and Katharina live in London with their three daughters. His father was the British actor

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, best known for his portrayal of

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in the ''

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'' films. His brother Robbie portrayed Matthew of Wickham in '' Robin of Sherwood''. His aunt Sally Bulloch was a child actress and had roles in several films including ''

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''. She latter became the Executive Manager at

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in Piccadilly.

Bibliography

As author

* ''Karl Renner: Austria'' (

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, 2009)

As translator

* ''The Sweetness of Life'', Paulus Hochgatterer (MacLehose Press, 2008) * ''Ruth Maier's Diary'',

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(

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, 2009) * ''Englischer Fussball'',

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(Yellow Jersey Press, 2009) * ''Portrait of the Mother as a Young Woman'',

F.C. Delius Friedrich Christian Delius (13 February 1943 – 30 May 2022), also known by his pen name F.C. Delius, was a German novelist. He wrote books about historic events, such as the 1954 FIFA World Cup, and RAF terrorism. Four of his novels were tran ...

( Peirene Press, 2010) * ''Love Virtually'', Daniel Glattauer (MacLehose Press, 2011)^∗ * ''The Mattress House'', Paulus Hochgatterer (MacLehose Press, 2012) * ''Mesmerized'', Alissa Walser (MacLehose Press, 2012) * ''Sea of Ink'',

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(Peirene Press, 2012) * ''The Taste of Apple Seeds'', Katharina Hagena (Atlantic Books, 2013) * ''Every Seventh Wave'', Daniel Glattauer (MacLehose Press, 2013)^∗ * ''The Mussel Feast'', Birgit Vanderbeke (Peirene Press, 2013) * ''The Chef'', Martin Suter (Atlantic Books, 2013) * ''Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything'', Daniela Krien (MacLehose Press, 2013) * ''Four Meditations on Happiness'', Michael Hampe (Atlantic Books, 2014) * ''

'',

(MacLehose Press, 2014) * ''Forever Yours'', Daniel Glattauer (MacLehose Press, 2014) * ''Raw Material'',

Jörg Fauser Jörg Fauser (16 July 1944 – 17 July 1987) was a German writer, poet and journalist. The influence of the American beat generation literature on his works is well known. Together with Carl Weissner and other colleagues he published several iss ...

(Clerkenwell Press, 2014) * ''Schlump'',

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(Vintage Classics, 2015) * ''A Very Special Year'',

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(

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(Peirene Press, 2017) * ''Gunning for Greatness: My Life'',

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with Kai Psotta (

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, 2017) * ''Zen and the Art of Murder'', Oliver Bottini (MacLehose Press, 2018) * ''Damnation'', Peter Beck (Point Blank, 2018) * ''One Clear, Ice-Cold January Morning at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century'',

Roland Schimmelpfennig Roland Schimmelpfennig (born 19 September 1967) is a German theatre director and playwright. His plays are performed in more than 40 countries. Biography Schimmelpfennig was born in Gottingen. He began his career as a journalist in Istanbul, b ...

(MacLehose Press, 2018) * ''Elefant'', Martin Suter ( 4th Estate, 2018) * ''A Summer of Murder'', Oliver Bottini (MacLehose Press, 2018) * ''The Capital'',

(MacLehose Press, 2019) * ''You Would Have Missed Me'', Birgit Vanderbeke (Peirene Press, 2019) * ''The Dance of Death'', Oliver Bottini (MacLehose Press, 2019) * ''The Hungry and the Fat'', Timur Vermes (MacLehose Press, 2020) * ''Dear Child'', Romy Hausmann ( Quercus Books, 2020) * ''The Day My Grandfather Was a Hero'', Paulus Hochgatterer (MacLehose Press, 2020) * ''The Package'',

(Head of Zeus, 2020) * ''Passenger 23'', Sebastian Fitzek (Head of Zeus, 2021) * ''Love in Five Acts'', Daniela Krien (MacLehose Press, 2021) * ''Sleepless'', Romy Hausmann (Quercus Books, 2021) * ''Night Hunters'', Oliver Bottini (MacLehose Press, 2021) * ''Alice's Book: How the Nazis Stole My Grandmother's Cookbook'', Karina Urbach (MacLehose Press, 2022) * ''Hinterland'', Arno Geiger (

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, 2022) * ''Walk me Home'', Sebastian Fitzek (Head of Zeus, 2022) ::^∗Jointly translated with Katharina Bielenberg

Awards and nominations

* 2021: Two books shortlisted for the

(''The Hungry and the Fat'' and ''The Day My Grandfather Was a Hero'') * 2020: Runner-up in the Schlegel-Tieck Prize (''You Would Have Missed Me'') * 2020: Shortlisted for the

Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize is an annual literary prize for any book-length translation into English from any other living European language. The first prize was awarded in 1999. The prize is funded by and named in honour of Lord Weidenfel ...

(''You Would Have Missed Me'') * 2018: Shortlisted for the

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International Dagger (''Zen and the Art of Murder'') * 2014: Winner of the Schlegel-Tieck Prize (''The Mussel Feast'') * 2014: Runner-up in the

Independent Foreign Fiction Prize The ''Independent'' Foreign Fiction Prize (1990–2015) was a British literary award. It was inaugurated by British newspaper ''The Independent'' to honour contemporary fiction in translation in the United Kingdom. The award was first launched i ...

(''The Mussel Feast'') * 2013: Runner-up in the Schlegel-Tieck Prize (''Sea of Ink'')

References

Footnotes Citations {{DEFAULTSORT:Bulloch, Jamie 21st-century British historians German–English translators Living people Academics of King's College London

21st-century British translators Alumni of the University of Bristol Alumni of the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies 1969 births