Ina Rilke is a Mozambique-born translator who specializes in translating Dutch literature and French literature into English.

Born in Mozambique, she went to school in Porto in Portugal, attending Oporto British School.[1] She studied translation at the University of Amsterdam, where she later taught.

Writers she has translated include Hafid Bouazza, Louis Couperus, Hella Haasse, W. F. Hermans, Arthur Japin, Erwin Mortier, Multatuli, Cees Nooteboom, Connie Palmen, Pierre Péju and Dai Sijie. Rilke has won the Vondel Prize, the Scott Moncrieff Prize and the Flemish Culture Prize.[2] She has also been nominated for the Best Translated Book Award, the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize, the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, and the IMPAC Book Award.[3]

Selected translations

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References

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  1. ^ "About the translator", Ina Rilke website.
  2. ^ "Translation from Life: A Flemish Cultural Award for Ina Rilke", Ons Erfdeel, 3 February 2009.
  3. ^ "Bio 1". Archived from the original on 2015-12-25. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
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