Freelance Czech scholar. She studied Romance and Slavonic studies in Vienna and Prague. From 1976 to 2008 she lectured on Czech literature and culture at the University of Vienna. She has published several anthologies (e.g. The Magic of a Banished Idyll. The Image of Vienna in Czech Literature in the 19th and 20th Centuries, Vienna 2004). Since 1993 she has translated more than 30 books into German, mainly poetry and prose (I. Binar, I. Blatný, P. Borkovec, J. Deml, B. Grögerová, Z. Hejda, P. Hůlová, J. Jedlička, P. Kolmačka, J. Neruda, J. Skácel, A. Zonová). She has translated three novels together with her daughter Julie Hansen-Löve (J. Kratochvil and M. Pilátová), and poetry by K. Rudčenková.
Among her awards are the Premia Bohemica (1999), the Austrian State Prize for Literary Translation 2000 and Gratias Agit 2007.
Christa Rothmeier
... nicht nötig, mich zu besuchen /... není nutné, abyste mě navštěvoval
No Need for You to Visit Me
Kateřina Rudčenková
Title | Author | Year | Publisher | Awards |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lido di Dante (Lido di Dante) | Petr Borkovec | 2018 | Edition Korrespondenzen | |
Gute Nacht, süße Träume (Good Night, Sweet Dreams) | Jiří Kratochvil | 2015 | Braumüller | |
Liebesgedichte (Love Poems) | Petr Borkovec | 2014 | Edition Korrespondenzen | |
Mein Lieblingsbuch (My Most Beloved Book) | Markéta Pilátová | 2012 | Braumüller | |
Das Versprechen des Architekten (The Promise) | Jiří Kratochvil | 2010 | Braumüller | |
Zur Strafe und zur Belohnung | Anna Zonová | 2008 | Wieser Verlag | |
Kurzer Abriss meines Lebens in der mongolischen Steppe (All This Belongs to Me) | Petra Hůlová | 2007 | Luchterhand | |
Zur Strafe und zur Belohnung (As a Punishment and Reward) | Anna Zonová | 2007 | Wieser Verlag | |
Nadelbuch: Gedichte (Needle-Book) | Petr Borkovec | 2004 | Edition Korrespondenzen | |
… nicht nötig, mich zu besuchen /… není nutné, abyste mě navštěvoval (No Need for You to Visit Me) | Kateřina Rudčenková | 2002 | Wieser | |
Feldarbeit : Gedichte (Field Work) | Petr Borkovec | 2001 | Edition Korrespondenzen | |
Přívoz = Überfuhr (The ferry) | Petr Borkovec | 1996 | Edition Thanhäuser |