Michael Peter Leopold Hamburger OBE was a noted German-British translator, poet, critic, memoirist and academic. He was known in particular for his translations of Friedrich Hölderlin, Paul Celan, Gottfried Benn and W. G. Sebald from German, and... Wikipedia
Born: March 22, 1924, Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany
Died: June 7, 2007 (age 83 years), Suffolk, United Kingdom
Partner: Anne Beresford (1974–) and Anne Beresford (1951–)
Parents: L. Hamburg and Richard Hamburger
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Michael Peter Leopold Hamburger OBE (22 March 1924 – 7 June 2007) was a noted German-British translator, poet, critic, memoirist and academic.
Hamburger served as an advisory editor of Modern Poetry in Translation and taught at the University of Reading, Mount Holyoke College, and UC San Diego. With ...
Jun 11, 2007 · The poet, translator, critic and amateur horticulturalist, Michael Hamburger, who has died aged 83, was a serious voice in an increasingly ...
Educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford, he lectured at University College, London, and the University of Reading, and has held visiting posts at ...
Michael Hamburger (1924–2007) was a poet and critic of distinction as well as the outstanding translator of German poetry. His awards include the ...