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Hanni Ehlers (born 2 August 1954, Eutin) is a German translator known for translating English and Dutch literature into German.


Career

Ehlers has translated books written by numerous Dutch authors, including
Renate Dorrestein Renate Maria Dorrestein (25 January 1954 – 4 May 2018) was a Dutch writer, journalist and feminist. She started working as a junior journalist for the Dutch magazines ''Libelle'' and ''Panorama''. During the period 1977 - 1982 she published in ...
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Joke van Leeuwen Johanna Rutgera 'Joke' van Leeuwen (; born 24 September 1952) is a Dutch author, illustrator, and cabaret performer.Connie Palmen Aldegonda Petronella Huberta Maria "Connie" Palmen (born 25 November 1955) is a Dutch author. Palmen debuted with the novel ''De wetten'' (1990), published in the United States as ''The Laws'' (1993), translated by Richard Huijing. ''The Laws'' ...
and
Els Pelgrom Els Pelgrom (born 2 April 1934, Arnhem), pseudonym of Else Koch, is a Dutch writer of children's literature. Biography Career For some time she worked on the children's section of the ''Winschoter Courant''. She also worked for a short pe ...
. Other authors include Carli Biessels,
Jessica Durlacher Jessica Durlacher (; born 6 September 1961) is a Dutch literary critic, columnist and novelist. Her father is the sociologist and writer Gerhard Durlacher, who survived the Auschwitz concentration camp. She is married to novelist Leon de Winte ...
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Anna Enquist Anna Enquist (born 19 July 1945) is the pen name of one of the more popular authors in the Netherlands, Christa Widlund-Broer. She is known for both her poetry and her novels. Biography Born in Amsterdam, Enquist studied piano at the music acade ...
, Nelleke Noordervliet and
Leon de Winter Leon de Winter (born 24 February 1954) is a Dutch writer and columnist. Early life Leon de Winter was born on 24 February 1954 in Den Bosch, in the southern Netherlands. He grew up in a Jewish orthodox family and attended City Grammar Schoo ...
. In 2006, she received the Else-Otten-Übersetzerpreis for her translation ''Ganz der Ihre'' of Connie Palmen's book ''Geheel de uwe''. In 2013, Dutch author
Joke van Leeuwen Johanna Rutgera 'Joke' van Leeuwen (; born 24 September 1952) is a Dutch author, illustrator, and cabaret performer.James Krüss Preis für internationale Kinder- und Jugendliteratur for her work together with Ehlers and translator
Mirjam Pressler Mirjam Pressler, born Mirjam Gunkel (18 June 1940 – 16 January 2019) was a German novelist and translator. Being the author of more than 30 children's and teenage books, she also translated into German more than 300 works by other writers from ...
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Awards

* 2006: Else-Otten-Übersetzerpreis, ''Ganz der Ihre'' (German translation of ''Geheel de uwe'' by
Connie Palmen Aldegonda Petronella Huberta Maria "Connie" Palmen (born 25 November 1955) is a Dutch author. Palmen debuted with the novel ''De wetten'' (1990), published in the United States as ''The Laws'' (1993), translated by Richard Huijing. ''The Laws'' ...
) * 2013: James Krüss Preis für internationale Kinder- und Jugendliteratur (together with
Joke van Leeuwen Johanna Rutgera 'Joke' van Leeuwen (; born 24 September 1952) is a Dutch author, illustrator, and cabaret performer.Mirjam Pressler Mirjam Pressler, born Mirjam Gunkel (18 June 1940 – 16 January 2019) was a German novelist and translator. Being the author of more than 30 children's and teenage books, she also translated into German more than 300 works by other writers from ...
)


References


External links


Hanni Ehlers
(in Dutch),
Nederlands Letterenfonds The Nederlands Letterenfonds ("Dutch Foundation for Literature") is a Dutch organization that promotes Dutch literature at home and abroad. The Letterenfonds represents Dutch authors at such events as the Frankfurt Book Fair, and awards a number of ...
(Dutch Foundation for Literature) 1954 births 20th-century German translators 21st-century translators Living people {{Germany-translator-stub