The prize, which is administered by the Goethe-Institut Chicago, was presented to Mr. Hofmann by the German Consul General of Chicago at an award ceremony on Monday, June 5, 2000, at the Newberry Library.
The jury commended the translator's "ability to recreate the yeasty, nervy postwar atmosphere of a novel dominated by the erosion of the soul and the attrition of spirit.
www.goethe.deDieser vom Goethe-Institut Chicago vergebene Preis wurde ihm am Montag, den 5. Juni 2000 in der Newberry Library vom deutschen Generalkonsul in Chicago verliehen.
Die Jury verwies in ihrer Entscheidung auf die Fähigkeit des Übersetzers, „die belastete, nervöse Stimmung der Nachkriegszeit eines von Sinnesleere, emotionalem und geistigem Verlust geprägten Romans nachzuzeichnen.
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