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Ottilie Mulzet

b. 1960

Literary translator

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About Ottilie Mulzet

Born 1960. Ottilie Mulzet is a Canadian translator, literary critic and editor.

Ottilie Mulzet (born July, 1960 in Toronto) is a literary translator of Hungarian poetry and prose whose work has been recognized with several major literary awards.

She is known in particular for her translations of several books by László Krasznahorkai. Her translation of Krasznahorkai's novel Seiobo There Below won the Best Translated Book Award in 2014. She was also awarded the 2015 Man Booker International Prize for her work on Krasznahorkai together with George Szirtes, who translated Krasznahorkai's novel Satantango. Other Krasznahorkai titles Mulzet has translated include Destruction and Sorrow beneath the Heavens and Animalinside. She has also translated books by Szilárd Borbély (including Berlin-Hamlet, which was shortlisted for both the National Translation Award and the Best Translated Book Award in 2017) and Gábor Schein. Mulzet won the 2019 National Book Award for Translated Literature for her translation of Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming, by László Krasznahorkai.

She lives in Prague.

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1960, Toronto
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Awards
Déry Tibor Prize; National Book Award for Translated Literature

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Who is Ottilie Mulzet?

literary translator

When was Ottilie Mulzet born?

Ottilie Mulzet was born in 1960 in Toronto.

What is Ottilie Mulzet's occupation?

Ottilie Mulzet is a translator, literary critic and editor.

What nationality is Ottilie Mulzet?

Ottilie Mulzet is Canadian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ottilie Mulzet

· Wikidata: Q58494478

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