Karl-Ludwig Wetzig

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

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.

Sample translations

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Päivitetty: 1.4.2025