Martin Chalmers (11 November 1948 – 22 October 2014) was a British translator, particularly of works in German. He was awarded the

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.

by the

Society of Authors The Society of Authors (SoA) is a United Kingdom trade union for professional writers, illustrators and literary translators, founded in 1884 to protect the rights and further the interests of authors. , it represents over 12,000 members and ass ...

. He was married to the German author, Esther Kinsky.

Translations

Günter Wallraff Günter Wallraff (born 1 October 1942) is a German writer and undercover journalist. Research methods Wallraff came to prominence thanks to his striking journalistic research methods and several major books on lower class working conditions an ...

: ''Lowest of the Low'' (Ganz unten). Methuen, 1988 *

Herta Müller Herta Müller (; born 17 August 1953) is a Romanian-born German novelist, poet, essayist and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Nițchidorf (german: Nitzkydorf, link=no), Timiș County in Romania, her native language is G ...

: ''The Passport'' (Der Mensch ist ein großer Fasan auf der Welt). Serpent's Tail, 1989 *

Hans Magnus Enzensberger Hans Magnus Enzensberger (11 November 1929 – 24 November 2022) was a German author, poet, translator, and editor. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Andreas Thalmayr, Elisabeth Ambras, Linda Quilt and Giorgio Pellizzi. Enzensberger was regarde ...

: ''Europe, Europe!'' (Ach Europa!). Pantheon Books, 1989 *

Elfriede Jelinek Elfriede Jelinek (; born 20 October 1946) is an Austrian playwright and novelist. She is one of the most decorated authors writing in German today and was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature for her "musical flow of voices and counter-vo ...

: ''Women as Lovers''. Serpent's Tail, 1994 *

Victor Klemperer Victor Klemperer (9 October 188111 February 1960) was a German scholar who also became known as a diarist. His journals, published in Germany in 1995, detailed his life under the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, and the Germa ...

: ''I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years'', 1999 (in two volumes) * Bertolt Brecht: ''Stories of Mr. Keuner'' (Geschichten vom Herrn Keuner). City Lights Books, 2001 *

Alexander Kluge Alexander Kluge (born 14 February 1932) is a German author, philosopher, academic and film director. Early life, education and early career Kluge was born in Halberstadt, Province of Saxony (now Saxony-Anhalt), Germany. After growing up durin ...

: ''The Devil's Blind Spot''. New Directions, 2004 (with

Michael Hulse Michael Hulse (born 1955) is an English poet, translator and critic, notable especially for his translations of German novels by W. G. Sebald, Herta Müller, and Elfriede Jelinek. Life and works Hulse was educated locally in Stoke-on-Trent u ...

) *Elfriede Jelinek: ''Greed''. Serpent's Tail, 2006 *

Erich Hackl Erich Hackl (born 26 May 1954 in Steyr, Upper Austria) is an Austrian novelist and short story writer. His works have been translated into English, Spanish, French, Czech and Hebrew though he is significantly better known in the German-speaking w ...

: ''The Wedding in Auschwitz'' (Die Hochzeit von Auschwitz). Serpent's Tail, 2009 * Hans Magnus Enzensberger: ''A History of Clouds''. Seagull Books, 2010 (übers. mit Esther Kinsky) *

Thomas Bernhard Nicolaas Thomas Bernhard (; 9 February 1931 – 12 February 1989) was an Austrian novelist, playwright and poet who explored death, social injustice, and human misery in controversial literature that was deeply pessimistic about modern civilizat ...

: ''Prose''. Seagull Books, 2010 * Esther Kinsky: ''Summer Resort'' (Sommerfrische). Seagull Books, 2011 * Hans Magnus Enzensberger: ''Brussels, the Gentle Monster'' (Sanftes Monster Brüssel oder die Entmündigung Europas). University of Chicago Press, 2011 *

Ulrich Peltzer Ulrich Peltzer (born 9 December 1956) is a German novelist. Life Peltzer was born in Krefeld. Starting in 1975, he studied philosophy and social psychology in Berlin. He graduated as a psychologist in 1982. Since then he has been working as a ...

: ''Part of the Solution'' (Teil der Lösung). Seagull Books, 2011 *Alexander Kluge: ''December'', Seagull Books, 2012 * Alexander Kluge: ''Air Raid'' (Der Luftangriff auf Halberstadt am 8. April 1945). Seagull Books, 2014 * Sherko Fatah: ''The Dark Ship'' (Das dunkle Schiff). Seagull Books, 2015

References

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