Ottilie Mulzet (born July, 1960 in

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) is a literary translator of Hungarian poetry and prose whose work has been recognized with several major literary awards. She is known in particular for her translations of several books by

László Krasznahorkai László Krasznahorkai (; born 5 January 1954) is a Hungarian novelist and screenwriter known for difficult and demanding novels, often labeled postmodern, with dystopian and melancholic themes. Several of his works, including his novels '' ...

. Her translation of Krasznahorkai's novel ''

Seiobo There Below ''Seiobo There Below'' () is a 2008 novel by the Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai. It has an episodic narrative which focuses on artists of different times and places, some of which are historical people and some of which are fictional. A th ...

'' won the

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in 2014. She was also awarded the 2015

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for her work on Krasznahorkai together with

George Szirtes George Szirtes (; born 29 November 1948) is a British poet and translator from the Hungarian language into English. Originally from Hungary, he has lived in the United Kingdom for most of his life after coming to the country as a refugee at the ...

, who translated Krasznahorkai's novel ''Satantango''. Other Krasznahorkai titles Mulzet has translated include '' Destruction and Sorrow beneath the Heavens'' and ''Animalinside''. She has also translated books by

Szilárd Borbély Szilárd József Borbély (); 1 November 1963 – 19 February 2014) was a Hungarian academic, writer and poet. The Poetry Foundation identifies him as "one of the most important poets to emerge in post-1989 Hungary", who utilised several writing ...

(including ''Berlin-Hamlet'', which was shortlisted for both the

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and the

in 2017) and Gábor Schein. Mulzet won the 2019

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for her translation of ''

Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming ''Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming'' ( hu, Báró Wenckheim hazatér) is a 2016 novel by László Krasznahorkai. Originally published in Hungarian by Magvető, it was later translated to English by Ottilie Mulzet and published in 2019 by New Direct ...

'', by

. She lives in Prague.

References

Living people Hungarian–English translators Literary translators National Book Award winners 1960 births {{Hungary-translator-stub