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The Dead
The BC German Studies Program will present a reading from The Dead by Swiss author Christian Kracht on April 10 at 5:30 p.m. in Devlin Hall, room 101. The reading will be followed by a conversation with his translator Assistant … Continue reading
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Daniel
Professor of German Studies Michael Resler has published Daniel Von Dem Blühenden Tal, a critical edition of Daniel, one of the earliest post-classical Arthurian romances. His volume includes the normalized Middle High German text with an introduction, selected bibliography, index of proper names, … Continue reading
Honors for Bowles
Assistant Professor of German Studies Daniel Bowles was named winner of the 2016 Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize for his translation of Christian Kracht’s Imperium: A Fiction of the South Seas (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015). Established in 1996, the annual prize is awarded … Continue reading
Honors for Bowles
Publishers Weekly has selected Daniel Bowles’ English translation of Christian Kracht’s Imperium as one of the top ten books of 2015. The translation also made it to Huffington Post’s list of the “18 Best Fiction Books of 2015.” Bowles is an assistant … Continue reading
Translating Imperium
Assistant Professor of German Studies Daniel Bowles has written the English translation of Swiss author Christian Kracht’s best-selling novel Imperium: A Fiction of the South Seas (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). The novel is described as a provocative satire and a serious … Continue reading
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