Michael Hamburger

Michael Hamburger (1924–2007) was a British translator, poet and literary critic.

Also recorded as Michael Peter Leopold Hamburger.

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Overview

Born at Charlottenburg in 1924, died at Suffolk in 2007.

In detail

Michael Hamburger studied at Christ Church and Westminster School. the recorded working language is German and English.

Employment is recorded with University College London and University of Reading. Membership is recorded of German Academy for Language and Literature and Academy of Arts, Berlin.

Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Cholmondeley Award, Johann Heinrich Voß Prize for Translation and Friedrich Hölderlin Prize.

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    “Michael Hamburger”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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    Wikidata, structured authority record Q67436: Michael Hamburger

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