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Mirjam Pressler

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German writer and translator (1940-2019)

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Mirjam Pressler, born Mirjam Gunkel, was a German novelist and translator. Being the author of more than 30 children's and teenage books, she also translated into German more than 300 works by other writers from Hebrew, English, Dutch and Afrikaans.

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2018Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2017Literary Prize of the State Capital of Munich
2015Leipzig Book Fair Prize/Translation
2013Buber-Rosenzweig-Medal
2008Jane Scatcherd Prize
2007Lektorix
2006Bavarian Order of Merit
2002Pro meritis scientiae et litterarum
2001Großer Preis der Deutschen Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur e.V. Volkach
2001Carl Zuckmayer Medal
1998Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1998Friedrich-Bödecker-Preis

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Mirjam Pressler, born Mirjam Gunkel, was a German novelist and translator. Being the author of more than 30 children's and teenage books, she also translated into German more than 300 works by other writers from Hebrew, English, Dutch and Afrikaans. She is also known for translating a revision of Anne Frank's diary, The Diary of a Young Girl, in 1991, thus renewing its copyright.

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Germany
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1940 to 2019 · aged 78
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22 languages

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