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Mirjam Presslerová
1940 – 2019
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryMirjam Pressler, born Mirjam Gunkel, was a German novelist and translator. Being the author of more than 30 children's and teenage books, she also translated into German more than 300 works by other writers from Hebrew, English, Dutch and Afrikaans. She is also known for translating a revision of Anne Frank's diary, The Diary of a Young Girl, in 1991, thus renewing its copyright.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
June 18, 1940
Darmstadt
Date of death
January 16, 2019
Landshut
Citizenship
Germany
Occupations & fields
translatorwriterchildren's writerEnglish–German translator
Awards & honours
Bavarian Order of MeritOfficer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyBuber Rosenzweig MedalGroßer Preis der Deutschen Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur e.V. VolkachLiterary Prize of the State Capital of MunichPro meritis scientiae et litterarum
- Field and occupation
- německá spisovatelka a překladatelka
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