British literary translator (1929–2020)
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| Born | John Maxwell Brownjohn
(1929-04-11)11 April 1929
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| Died | 6 January 2020(2020-01-06) (aged 90) |
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| Occupation | Literary translator |
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John Maxwell Brownjohn (11 April 1929[1][2] – 6 January 2020) was a British literary translator.[3]
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.
Film
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
Brownjohn was born in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. He died in January 2020 at the age of 90.[4]
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