Ina Rilke is a translator who specializes in translating Dutch literature and

French literature French literature () generally speaking, is literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak traditional languages of France other than F ...

into English. Born in

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, she went to school in

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropo ...

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, attending

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. She studied translation at the

University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, nl, Universiteit van Amsterdam) is a public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The UvA is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the other being ...

, where she later taught. Writers she has translated include

Hafid Bouazza Hafid Bouazza ( ar, حفيظ بوعزة, ḥafīẓ būʿazza; 8 March 1970 – 29 April 2021) was a Moroccan-Dutch writer. Born in Oujda, Morocco, Bouazza came to the Netherlands in October 1977 as a seven-year-old boy. He lived with his paren ...

, Louis Couperus, Hella Haasse, W. F. Hermans, Arthur Japin,

Erwin Mortier Erwin Mortier (born 28 November 1965) is a Dutch-language Belgian author. Spending his youth in Hansbeke, he later moved to nearby Ghent, where he became city poet (2005–2006). He wrote as a columnist for newspapers like '' De Morgen'' and ...

, Multatuli,

Cees Nooteboom Cees Nooteboom (; born 31 July 1933) is a Dutch novelist, poet and journalist. After the attention received by his novel ''Rituelen'' (''Rituals'', 1980), which received the Pegasus Prize, it was the first of his novels to be translated into ...

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'' ...

Pierre Péju Pierre Péju (born 1946) is a French philosopher, novelist and essayist. Born in Lyon, he studied at the Sorbonne. He has published a number of works in different literary genres, the best-known of which are two prize-winning novels ''Le rire de l ...

and

Dai Sijie Dai Sijie (born 1954) is a Chinese French author and filmmaker. Early life Dai was born in Putian, Fujian, in 1954. His parents, Professor Dai Baoming and Professor Hu Xiaosu, were professors of medical sciences at West China University ...

. Rilke has won the

Vondel Prize The Vondel Prize is a literary translation prize, for full-length works from the Dutch into English. The prize was established in 1996 by the Foundation for the Production and Translation of Dutch Literature, and is named after the 17th-century Dutc ...

, the Scott Moncrieff Prize and the Flemish Culture Prize. She has also been nominated for the Best Translated Book Award, the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize, the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, and the IMPAC Book Award.Bio 1
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Selected translations

* Multatuli, '' Max Havelaar'' – New York Review Books * Otto de Kat, ''News from Berlin'' –

MacLehose Press Quercus is a formerly independent publishing house, based in London, that was acquired by Hodder & Stoughton in 2014. It was founded in 2004 by Mark Smith and Wayne Davies. Quercus is known for its lists in crime (publishing such authors as Ell ...

, 2013 * Adriaan van Dis, ''Betrayal'' – MacLehose Press, 2012 *

Hella S. Haasse Hélène "Hella" Serafia Haasse (2 February 1918 – 29 September 2011) was a Dutch writer, often referred to as the "Grande Dame" of Dutch literature, and whose novel '' Oeroeg'' (1948) was a staple for generations of Dutch schoolchildren. Her ...

, ''The Black Lake'' – Portobello Books, 2012 * Otto de Kat, ''Julia'' – MacLehose Press, 2011 *

, ''The Foxes Come at Night'' – MacLehose Press, 2011 *

, ''The Tea Lords'' – Portobello Books, 2010 * Louis Couperus, ''

Eline Vere ''Eline Vere'' is an 1889 novel by the Dutch writer Louis Couperus. It was adapted into the 1991 film '' Eline Vere'', directed by Harry Kümel. Couperus wrote ''Eline Vere'' in the house at Surinamestraat 20, The Hague. Reception The naturalis ...

'' – Archipelago, 2010 * Judith Vanistendael, ''Dance by the Light of the Moon'' – SelfMadeHero, 2010 *

, ''Shutterspeed'' –

Harvill Secker Harvill Secker is a British publishing company formed in 2005 from the merger of Secker & Warburg and the Harvill Press. History Secker & Warburg Secker & Warburg was formed in 1935 from a takeover of Martin Secker, which was in receivership, ...

, 2007 * W. F. Hermans, ''The Darkroom of Damocles'' – Harvill Secker, 2007 * W. F. Hermans, ''Beyond Sleep'' – Harvill Secker, 2006 *

, ''Mr Muo and his Travelling Couch'' –

Chatto & Windus Chatto & Windus is an imprint of Penguin Random House that was formerly an independent book publishing company founded in London in 1855 by John Camden Hotten. Following Hotten's death, the firm would reorganize under the names of his business ...

, 2005 *

, ''The Girl from the Chartreuse'' – Harvill, 2005 * Adriaan van Dis, ''My Father's War'' –

Heinemann Heinemann may refer to: * Heinemann (surname) * Heinemann (publisher), a publishing company * Heinemann Park, a.k.a. Pelican Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States See also * Heineman Heineman is a surname. Notable people with the surnam ...

, 2004 *

, ''My Fellow Skin'' – Harvill, 2003 *

Tessa de Loo Tessa de Loo (born 15 October 1946) is the pen name of the Dutch novelist and short story writer Johanna Martina (Tineke) Duyvené de Wit. Biography Born in Bussum in North Holland, de Loo was the oldest of three children. After matriculating from ...

, ''A Bed in Heaven'' – Arcadia, 2002 *

, ''Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress'' – Chatto & Windus, 2001 *

, ''Marcel'' – Harvill, 2001 * Oscar van den Boogaard, ''Love's Death'' –

Farrar Straus & Giroux Farrar, Straus and Giroux (FSG) is an American book publishing company, founded in 1946 by Roger Williams Straus Jr. and John C. Farrar. FSG is known for publishing literary books, and its authors have won numerous awards, including Pulitzer ...

, 2001 * Arthur Japin, ''The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi'' – Chatto & Windus, 2000 *

, ''Abdullah's Feet'' – Headline Review, 2000 *

, ''The Friendship'' – Harvill, 2000 *

, ''Roads to Santiago'' – Harvill, 1997 *

Margriet de Moor Margaretha Maria Antonetta 'Margriet' de Moor (''née'' Neefjes; born 1941) is a Dutch pianist and writer of novels and essays. She won the AKO Literatuurprijs for her novel ''Eerst grijs dan wit dan blauw'' (1991). Life and career Margaretha ...

, ''The Virtuoso'' – Picador, 1996 *

, ''The Following Story'' – Harvill, 1993

References

External links

Translated by Ina Rilke
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