Peter Waterhouse
Peter Waterhouse • Illustration — Peter Waterhouse in 2022 Peter Waterhouse (March 24, 1956) is an Austrian writer and translator. Born to a British father and an Austrian mother, he studied German and English literature at the University of Vienna, and later in Los Angeles, where he completed a PhD on Paul Celan. He has won a number of important literary prizes, including the manuskripte prize (1990), the Heimito von Doderer Prize (1997), the Austrian State Prize for Translation (2002), the H.C. Artmann Prize (2004), and the Erich Fried Prize (2007).
Peter Waterhouse

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- 1956 · Berlin.
- Nationality
- Austria · Germany
- Occupation
- linguist · poet · writer · translator · university teacher · literary scholar
- Education
- University of Vienna · University of Southern California
- Honours
- manuskripte award · Heimito von Doderer-Literaturpreis · Preis der Stadt Münster für Europäische Poesie · Ernst Jandl Prize · Erich Fried Prize · Grand Austrian State Prize for Literature
- Languages
- Italian · German
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He translates poetry into German from both English and Italian.
Peter Waterhouse is recorded as having received manuskripte award, Heimito von Doderer-Literaturpreis and Preis der Stadt Münster für Europäische Poesie.
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Peter Waterhouse born at Berlin.
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Peter Waterhouse received manuskripte award, Heimito von Doderer-Literaturpreis, Preis der Stadt Münster für Europäische Poesie, Ernst Jandl Prize, Erich Fried Prize and Grand Austrian State Prize for Literature. Connected to 2 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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