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]

• Frank Arnau: The Art of the Faker
• Marcel Beyer: The Karnau Tapes
• Willy Brandt: People and Politics: The Years, 1960-75 (Schlegel-Tieck Prize)
• Thomas Brussig: Heroes Like Us (Schlegel-Tieck Prize, Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize)
• Thomas Glavinic: Night Work
• Martin Gregor-Dellin: Richard Wagner: His Life, His Work, His Century
• Lothar Günther Buchheim: The Boat
• Hans Hellmut Kirst: The Night of the Generals
• Bodo Kirchhoff: Infanta (Schlegel-Tieck Prize)
• Georg Klein: Libidissi
• Walter Moers: City of Dreaming Books
• Walter Moers: A Wild Ride Through the Night
• Dietlof Reiche: The Golden Hamster Saga
• Alain Claude Sulzer: A Perfect Waiter
• Leo Perutz: The Swedish Cavalier (Schlegel-Tieck Prize)
• Mario Giordano: Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• John Brownjohn at IMDb
• INTERVIEW: John Brownjohn on Walter Moers and Translation, Mad Hatter's Bookshelf & Book Review blog, November 2012