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Anthea Bell

English translator (1936-2018) · United Kingdom · On the map · Died at 82

Anthea Bell was an English translator of literary works, including children's literature, from French, German and Danish. These include The Castle by Franz Kafka, Austerlitz by W. G. Sebald, the Inkworld trilogy by Cornelia Funke and the French Asterix comics with co-translator Derek Hockridge.

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Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany2015
Officer of the Order of the British Empire2010
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

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United Kingdom
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1936 to 2018 · aged 82