PEN Translation Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 37 (1997) Winner
Arnold Julius Pomerans
アーノルド・ユリウス・ポメランス
Ānorudo Yuriusu Pomeransu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1920-04-27 （Königsberg, Germany）
- Died
- 2005-05-30 （Polstead, Suffolk, England） age 85
- Nationality
- German, British
- Languages
- German, English
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Königsberg, Germany → Yugoslavia → South Africa → England (from 1948) → Polstead, Suffolk (from 1957)
Career
- Occupations
- Translator, Teacher
- Active Years
- 1950-2005
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Schlegel-Tieck Prize | A Little Yes and a Big No | — | — | winner |
| 1997 | PEN Translation Prize | The Selected Letters of Vincent Van Gogh | — | — | winner |
Schlegel-Tieck Prize
1983
Work:
A Little Yes and a Big No
Result:
winner
PEN Translation Prize
1997
Work:
The Selected Letters of Vincent Van Gogh
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Bibliography
- About two hundred works of fiction and non-fiction
Translations by Author
- Translations of Louis de Broglie, Werner Heisenberg, Anne Frank, Sigmund Freud, Johan Huizinga, Jean Piaget, Jacques Presser, Jan Romein, George Grosz, Vincent van Gogh letters etc.
Health
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cancer晩年cause of death
Legacy
one of Britain's finest translators
Trivia
- Born to a Jewish family
- Emigrated from Nazi Germany due to antisemitism
- Married Erica White in 1956 and collaborated on translations