John Brownjohn

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John Brownjohn
Born
John Maxwell Brownjohn

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

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

Career[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Selected works[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-samsung&tbm=bks&sxsrf=ACYBGNTNXD2IgdnBsgaUiAYRUJtLAY2MCQ:1578560970851&q=John+Maxwell+Brownjohn+April.+11,+1929&spell=1&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiy1rHvlfbmAhWQ-6QKHahaBMsQBQgjKAA&biw=412&bih=652&dpr=2.63
  2. ^ "Brownjohn, John 1929– | Encyclopedia.com".
  3. ^ Profile
  4. ^ "Brownjohn". Archived from the original on 10 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.

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