Celine Louis-Ferdinand D.:
Rigadoon
Translator: RalphManheim, Illustrator: Kurt, Jr.Vonnegut
Dalkey Archive Press , 1997
Quality paperback, 296 pages
Size: 203x140 mm
ISBN: 9781564781628
ISBN-10: 1564781623
Ralph Manheim
Ralph Manheim (1907-1992) Was One Of The Great Translators Of The 20Th Century. He Translated The Works Of Gunter Grass, Bertoll Brecht, Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Hermann Hesse, Peter Handke, Novalis, And Martin Heidegger, Among Many Others. In 1982, Pen American Center Created An Award--The Ralph Manheim Medal For Translation--In His Name, Which Honors A Translator Whose Career Has Demonstrated A Commitment To Excellence Through The Body Of His Or Her Work.
Kurt, Jr. Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut Was A Master Of Contemporary American Literature. His Black Humor, Satiric Voice, And Incomparable Imagination First Captured America's Attention In "The Siren's Of Titan" In 1959 And Established Him As "A True Artist" With "Cat's Cradle" In 1963. He Was, As Graham Greene Has Declared, "One Of The Best Living American Writers."
