Languages
- Mother tongue
German
- Translates from
Finland Swedish
- Translates to
German
- Other language skills
Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish
Education
- Academic degree
MA, University Bonn, 1986 (Diaryform in fiction)
- Additional subject-specific studies
5 years interdisciplinary research projects in the field of literary translations, University Göttingen ("Sonderforschungsbereich 309"), 1986-1991
2025 - Zuger Übersetzerstipendium
2023 - Christoph-Martin-Wieland-Prize
2020 - Barthold-Heinrich-Brockes-Scholarship (DÜF)
2012 - Helsinki International Artist Programme/Finnish Literature Abroad
Translations
- Interests and specialisation
Fiction, Prose, Poetry, Drama, Literature for children and young people, Non-fiction, Archeology, Art history, History, Literature
- List of translations
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Eis. mare, 2014. Original title: Is by Ulla-Lena Lundberg. Genre: Prose.
Brändövägen 8, Brändö, Tel.35. Verbrecher Verlag, 2014. Original title: Brändövägen 8, Brändö, Tel.35 by Henrik Tikkanen. Genre: Prose.
Septembernovelle. mare, 2014. Original title: Seglats i september by Johan Bargum. Genre: Prose.
Nachsommer. mare, 2018. Original title: Sensommar by Johan Bargum. Genre: Prose.
- Now translating
Hallgrímur Helgason: 60 kíló af sunnudögum
I will be pleased to write reader’s reports.
Päivitetty:
1.4.2025