Ralph Manheim
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 32 years ago |
| Date of birth | April 4,1907 |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
| Born | New York |
| United States | |
| Date of died | September 26,1992 |
| Died | Cambridge |
| United Kingdom | |
| Spouse | Julia Allen-Manheim |
| Mary O'Connor Lechner | |
| Children | Kate Manheim |
| Books | The Threepenny Opera ; Baal ; The Mother |
| Hitler's Rise to Power | |
| Rare Treasures from Grimm | |
| Querida Mili | |
| Hesse Between Music | |
| Poems: 1929-1938 | |
| Awards | PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation |
| MacArthur Fellowship | |
| Schlegel-Tieck Prize | |
| National Book Award for Translation | |
| Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1392492 |
Ralph Manheim Life story
Ralph Frederick Manheim was a Jewish-American translator of German and French literature, as well as occasional works from Dutch, Polish and Hungarian. He was one of the most acclaimed translators of the 20th century, and likened translation to acting, the role being "to impersonate his author".
