Shelley Frisch
@shelfrisch.bsky.social
Translator from German, translation activist. Latest translation: NAPLES 1825, by Martin Mittelmeier (Yale UP). Current project: biography of Hannah Arendt, by Thomas Meyer (Penguin). Lives in Princeton, NJ.
Thanks, Jeffrey-- it was quite sudden, during his sabbatical in France. Hard to wrap my mind around this.
October 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Thanks, Jeffrey-- it was quite sudden, during his sabbatical in France. Hard to wrap my mind around this.
A translation into English of EFFINGERS (by Sophie Duvernoy) is coming out next month in the US!
October 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A translation into English of EFFINGERS (by Sophie Duvernoy) is coming out next month in the US!
She needed a passport after the Nazis retracted her German citizenship. Her first choice for this marriage was Isherwood, who in turn recommended Auden, claiming he'd be willing to marry her-- and he did indeed. They stayed married until Erika Mann's death.
September 29, 2025 at 3:25 AM
She needed a passport after the Nazis retracted her German citizenship. Her first choice for this marriage was Isherwood, who in turn recommended Auden, claiming he'd be willing to marry her-- and he did indeed. They stayed married until Erika Mann's death.
Martin and I just got together in Munich a couple of weeks ago. (I'm now back in NJ, and working on the TM in California book.) I also finished translating a new biography of Hannah Arendt, by Thomas Meyer, which Penguin will publish next year.
September 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Martin and I just got together in Munich a couple of weeks ago. (I'm now back in NJ, and working on the TM in California book.) I also finished translating a new biography of Hannah Arendt, by Thomas Meyer, which Penguin will publish next year.
Shana tovah, Gil! I *just* discovered that you did a wonderful podcast with Martin Mittelmeier about his NAPLES 1925 book, in my translation! Terrific! I'm now translating Martin's new book, HEIMWEH IM PARADIES (Homesickness in Paradise) about Thomas Mann in California, for Princeton Univ. Press.
September 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Shana tovah, Gil! I *just* discovered that you did a wonderful podcast with Martin Mittelmeier about his NAPLES 1925 book, in my translation! Terrific! I'm now translating Martin's new book, HEIMWEH IM PARADIES (Homesickness in Paradise) about Thomas Mann in California, for Princeton Univ. Press.
I taught at Bucknell in the 1970s (German, in the Modern Languages Dept., if it's still called that), and I'm sad to hear of this closure.
September 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I taught at Bucknell in the 1970s (German, in the Modern Languages Dept., if it's still called that), and I'm sad to hear of this closure.
The German word for mnemonic device is Eselsbrücke-- "bridge for asses." Comes from the Latin, and there are similar loan translations into other languages. Our sounds less belittling, but its spelling is a challenge for some...
July 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The German word for mnemonic device is Eselsbrücke-- "bridge for asses." Comes from the Latin, and there are similar loan translations into other languages. Our sounds less belittling, but its spelling is a challenge for some...