John Maxwell Brownjohn (11 April 1929[1][2] – 6 January 2020) was a British literary translator.[3]

John Brownjohn
Born
John Maxwell Brownjohn

(1929-04-11)11 April 1929
Died6 January 2020(2020-01-06) (aged 90)
OccupationLiterary translator

Career

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John Brownjohn translated more than 160 books, and won the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for German translation three times and the Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize once.

Film

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Brownjohn also collaborated with the filmmaker Roman Polanski on Tess (1979), Pirates (1986), Bitter Moon (1992), The Ninth Gate (1999) and The Pianist (2002).

Personal life

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Brownjohn was born in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. He died in January 2020 at the age of 90.[4]

Selected works

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References

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  1. ^ "John Maxwell Brownjohn April. 11, 1929 - Google Search". www.google.com.
  2. ^ "Brownjohn, John 1929– | Encyclopedia.com".
  3. ^ "German Literature - Goethe-Institut United Kingdom". www.goethe.de.
  4. ^ "Brownjohn". Archived from the original on 10 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
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