Michael Hofmann FRSL was born in 1957 in Freiburg, the son of German parents, and came to England in 1961. He lives in London, having taught for many years at the University of Florida. He has translated nigh on a hundred books from the German, including the novel Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck, which won the 2024 International Booker Prize. He...
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