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Willa Muir

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Scottish novelist, essayist and translator

United KingdomWritersLived 1890 to 1970 · aged 80
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Willa Muir, also known as Agnes Neill Scott, was a Scottish novelist, essayist and translator. She was the major part of a translation partnership with her husband, Edwin Muir. She and her husband translated the works of many notable German-language authors including Franz Kafka.

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1958Johann Heinrich Voß Prize for Translation

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Willa Muir, also known as Agnes Neill Scott, was a Scottish novelist, essayist and translator. She was the major part of a translation partnership with her husband, Edwin Muir. She and her husband translated the works of many notable German-language authors including Franz Kafka. In 1958, Willa and Edwin Muir were granted the first Johann-Heinrich-Voss Translation Award.

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United Kingdom
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deceased
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Lived 1890 to 1970 · aged 80
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