About Peter Waterhouse
Born 1956. Peter Waterhouse is an Austrian and German linguist, poet, writer, translator, university teacher and literary scholar.
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).
He translates poetry into German from both English and Italian.
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Who is Peter Waterhouse?
Austrian writer
When was Peter Waterhouse born?
Peter Waterhouse was born on 24 March 1956 in Berlin.
What is Peter Waterhouse's occupation?
Peter Waterhouse is a linguist, poet, writer, translator, university teacher and literary scholar.
What nationality is Peter Waterhouse?
Peter Waterhouse is Austrian and German.
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· DBpedia: Peter Waterhouse (writer)
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