Schwarze Katze – podwójna biografia Karin Wolff w świetle badań nad tłumaczką
Schwarze Katze – the double biography of Karin Wolff on the basis of studies on the translator
Author(s): Karolina KamińskaSubject(s): Cultural history, Polish Literature, Sociology of Culture, Translation Studies, Theory of Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: Karin Wolff; biography; translation of Polish literature;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the above article is to reconstruct the biography of Karin Wolff, a distinguished translator of Polish literature in Germany (more than 90 translations), who was active in the opposition in the GDR and the Polish People’s Republic. The author presents Wolff’s activities to popularize Polish culture (including the organization of a Polish literate salon in Frankfurt/Oder), her contacts with Polish poets (e.g. Jan Twardowski, Jerzy Ficowski) and her numerous publishing initiatives.
Journal: Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. Studia Historicolitteraria
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 22
- Page Range: 332-339
- Page Count: 8
- Language: Polish