Martin Chalmers Explained

Martin Chalmers (11 November 1948 – 22 October 2014) was a British translator, particularly of works in German. He was awarded the Schlegel-Tieck Prize by the Society of Authors.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] He was married to the German author Esther Kinsky.

Translations

Günter Wallraff: Lowest of the Low (Ganz unten). Methuen, 1988
Herta Müller: The Passport (Der Mensch ist ein großer Fasan auf der Welt). Serpent's Tail, 1989
Hans Magnus Enzensberger: Europe, Europe! (Ach Europa!). Pantheon Books, 1989
Elfriede Jelinek

Women as Lovers. Serpent's Tail, 1994

Victor Klemperer

I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years, Modern Library, 1999 (in two volumes)

Bertolt Brecht

Stories of Mr. Keuner (Geschichten vom Herrn Keuner). City Lights Books, 2001

Alexander Kluge

The Devil's Blind Spot. New Directions, 2004 (with Michael Hulse)

Elfriede Jelinek: Greed. Serpent's Tail, 2006
Erich Hackl: The Wedding in Auschwitz (Die Hochzeit von Auschwitz). Serpent's Tail, 2009
Hans Magnus Enzensberger: A History of Clouds. Seagull Books, 2010 (übers. mit Esther Kinsky)
Thomas Bernhard: Prose. Seagull Books, 2010
Esther Kinsky: Summer Resort (Sommerfrische). Seagull Books, 2011
Hans Magnus Enzensberger: Brussels, the Gentle Monster (Sanftes Monster Brüssel oder die Entmündigung Europas). University of Chicago Press, 2011
Ulrich Peltzer: Part of the Solution (Teil der Lösung). Seagull Books, 2011
Alexander Kluge: December, Seagull Books, 2012
Alexander Kluge: Air Raid (Der Luftangriff auf Halberstadt am 8. April 1945). Seagull Books, 2014
Sherko Fatah: The Dark Ship (Das dunkle Schiff). Seagull Books, 2015

Notes and References

News: Robert . Lumley . Martin Chalmers obituary | Books . . 21 November 2014 . 2015-04-23.
Web site: Martin Chalmers | Serpent's Tail . Serpentstail.com . 2015-04-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141229131800/http://www.serpentstail.com/pete-ayrton-remembers-martin-chalmers . 2014-12-29 . dead .
Web site: Martin Chalmers . Wordswithoutborders.org . 2015-04-23.