John Maxwell Brownjohn (11 April 1929 – 6 January 2020) was a British literary translator.
Career
John Brownjohn translated more than 160 books, and won the
Schlegel-Tieck Prize for German translation three times and the
Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize once.
Film
Brownjohn also collaborated with the filmmaker
Roman Polanski
Raymond Roman Thierry Polański (; born 18 August 1933) is a Polish and French filmmaker and actor. He is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Roman Polanski, numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, three Britis ...
on ''
Tess'' (1979), ''
Pirates'' (1986), ''
Bitter Moon
''Bitter Moon'' is a 1992 erotic romantic thriller film co-written and directed by Roman Polanski. It stars Peter Coyote, Emmanuelle Seigner, Hugh Grant and Kristin Scott Thomas. The film's French title, ', is a pun on the French phrase "l ...
'' (1992), ''
The Ninth Gate'' (1999) and ''
The Pianist'' (2002).
Personal life
Brownjohn was born in
Rickmansworth
Rickmansworth () is a town in south-west Hertfordshire, England, located approximately north-west of central London, south-west of Watford and inside the perimeter of the M25 motorway. The town is mainly to the north of the Grand Union Canal ( ...
,
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and one of the home counties. It borders Bedfordshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Essex to the east, Greater London to the ...
. He died in January 2020 at the age of 90.
Selected works
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Frank Arnau: ''
The Art of the Faker''
*
Marcel Beyer: ''The Karnau Tapes''
*
Willy Brandt
Willy Brandt (; born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm; 18 December 1913 – 8 October 1992) was a German politician and statesman who was leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) from 1964 to 1987 and concurrently served as the Chancellor ...
: ''People and Politics: The Years, 1960-75'' (Schlegel-Tieck Prize)
*
Thomas Brussig: ''Heroes Like Us'' (Schlegel-Tieck Prize, Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize)
*
Thomas Glavinic: ''Night Work''
*
Martin Gregor-Dellin: ''Richard Wagner: His Life, His Work, His Century''
*
Lothar Günther Buchheim: ''The Boat''
*
Hans Hellmut Kirst: ''The Night of the Generals''
*
Bodo Kirchhoff: ''Infanta'' (Schlegel-Tieck Prize)
*
Georg Klein: ''Libidissi''
*
Walter Moers: ''
The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear'' (2000)
* Walter Moers: ''
A Wild Ride Through the Night'' (2004)
* Walter Moers: ''
Rumo and His Miraculous Adventures'' (2004)
* Walter Moers: ''
The City of Dreaming Books'' (2007)
* Walter Moers: ''
The Alchemaster's Apprentice'' (2010)
*
Dietlof Reiche: ''The Golden Hamster Saga''
*
Alain Claude Sulzer: ''A Perfect Waiter''
*
Leo Perutz: ''The Swedish Cavalier'' (Schlegel-Tieck Prize)
*
Mario Giordano: ''
Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions''
References
External links
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INTERVIEW: John Brownjohn on Walter Moers and Translation Mad Hatter's Bookshelf & Book Review blog, November 2012
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British translators
German–English translators
1929 births
2020 deaths
People from Rickmansworth
Literary translators