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Susan Bernofsky

Translating Your First Magic Mountain

May 4, 2022 by Susan Bernofsky

Lecture hosted by the Translation Initiative at Yale University

Filed Under: Lectures, Public Appearances Tagged With: Thomas Mann, Translation

The Oxonian Review

April 19, 2022 by Susan Bernofsky

“The Notes of Susan Bernofsky,” published in The Oxonian Review’s series, On Notes.

Filed Under: Articles and Essays, Publications Tagged With: Biography, Robert Walser

Interview / Columbia Journal of Literary Criticism

April 16, 2022 by Susan Bernofsky

“Turn Up the Volume”: Interviewed by Molly Wagschal and Campbell Campbell for Columbia Journal of Literary Criticism

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: Biography, Jenny Erpenbeck, Robert Walser, Thomas Mann, Translation, Yoko Tawada

National Book Critics Circle Award Shortlist

January 21, 2022 by Susan Bernofsky

Clairvoyant of the Small: The Life of Robert Walser has been named a Finalist for the 2021 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography.

Filed Under: Prizes Tagged With: Biography, Robert Walser

Wie man beim Übersetzen eine Geschichte erzählt

January 14, 2022 by Susan Bernofsky

My essay “Translation as Storytelling” (a shorter version of which came out in Frieze last year) just appeared in Ulrich Blumenbach’s German translation in BabelWerk, an online publication of the Deutscher Übersetzerfonds.

Filed Under: Articles and Essays, Publications Tagged With: Franz Kafka, Hermann Hesse, Thomas Mann, Translation

In Conversation: Colm Tóibín x Susan Bernofsky

November 3, 2021 by Susan Bernofsky

The Goethe-Institut Toronto was delighted to host Colm Tóibín & Susan Bernofsky for a conversation about Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain and Tóibín’s new novel, The Magician.

Filed Under: Conversations, Public Appearances Tagged With: Thomas Mann, Translation

Celebrating Recent Work by Susan Bernofsky

November 1, 2021 by Susan Bernofsky

Conversation about Robert Walser and Clairvoyant of the Small, with Rivka Galchen, Lis Harris, Annie Pfeifer, and Mark Wunderlich, hosted by The Society of Fellows/Heyman Center for the Humanities, Columbia University.

Filed Under: Conversations, Public Appearances Tagged With: Biography, Robert Walser

55 Voices for Democracy

August 19, 2021 by Susan Bernofsky

“Translation and the Plurality of Language” – Interviewed by Tom Zoellner for the 55 Voices for Democracy podcast hosted by Thomas Mann House, Los Angeles.

Filed Under: Interviews, Public Appearances Tagged With: Thomas Mann, Translation

Susan playing Bach

August 7, 2021 by Susan Bernofsky

Just a little sample of my violin playing…

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Interview / Los Angeles Review of Books

July 26, 2021 by Susan Bernofsky

“He Soars So Incredibly High”: Interviewed by Veronica Esposito for Los Angeles Review of Books

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: Biography, Robert Walser, Translation

Interview / Columbia News

July 15, 2021 by Susan Bernofsky

“A Professor Shifts From Literary Translation to Biography”: Interviewed by Eve Glasberg of Columbia University News.

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: Biography, Robert Walser, Translation

Robert Walser and the Russian Ballet

July 15, 2021 by Susan Bernofsky

Robert Walser was in the audience (and wrote about it) when the great Anna Pavlova came to Berlin in 1909. Here’s the story, an outtake from Clairvoyant of the Small, just published on the Yale University Press blog.

Filed Under: Articles and Essays, Publications Tagged With: Biography, Robert Walser

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