Popescu Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (1989) Winner
David Luke
デイヴィッド・ルーク
Deividdo Rūku
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1921
- Died
- 2005 age 84
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English, German
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Oxford
Career
- Occupations
- Scholar of German literature, Translator, Teacher
- Active Years
- 1964-2005
- Affiliations
- Christ Church, Oxford
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | European Poetry Translation Prize | Faust, Part One | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Medal of Honour from German-British Forum | — | — | German-British Forum | 受賞 |
European Poetry Translation Prize
1989
Work:
Faust, Part One
Result:
受賞
Medal of Honour from German-British Forum
2000
Organization:
German-British Forum
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Translations by Author
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Selected Verse (1964)
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Conversations and Encounters (1966)
- Adalbert Stifter, Limestone and Other Stories (1968)
- Adalbert Stifter, The Recluse (1968)
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Roman Elegies (1977)
- Heinrich von Kleist, The Marquise of O (1978)
- Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Selected Tales (1982)
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, Part One (1987)
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Hermann and Dorothea (1987)
- Thomas Mann, Death in Venice and Other Stories (1988)
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, Part Two (1994)
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Erotic Poems (1994)
Legacy
Renowned scholar and translator of German literature, best known for his translations of Goethe's Faust.
Quotes
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translation as being "the art of the least intolerable sacrifice ... the instinctive choice between competing imperfections"
Source: Choice (1988) (1988)
Trivia
- Famed for his love of playing Wagner at maximum volume.
- Friends with W. H. Auden and Iris Murdoch.