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British literary translator (1929–2020)

John Brownjohn
Born	John Maxwell Brownjohn (1929-04-11)11 April 1929 Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England
Died	6 January 2020(2020-01-06) (aged 90)
Occupation	Literary translator

John Maxwell Brownjohn (11 April 1929 – 6 January 2020) was a British literary translator.

Career

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.

Brownjohn also collaborated with the filmmaker Roman Polanski on Tess (1979), Pirates (1986), Bitter Moon (1992), The Ninth Gate (1999) and The Pianist (2002).

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

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: The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear (2000)
Walter Moers: A Wild Ride Through the Night (2004)
Walter Moers: Rumo and His Miraculous Adventures (2004)
Walter Moers: The City of Dreaming Books (2007)
Walter Moers: The Alchemaster's Apprentice (2010)
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