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Martin Chalmers

Martin Chalmers was a translator of 20th century and contemporary German writing. Over his career he translated many eminent authors, including Herta Müller, Hubert Fichte, and Robert Walser. He died in 2014.

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Essays & Memoir | Issue 42
Essays & Memoir | Issue 42

The Great Migration

Hans Magnus Enzensberger

‘For a long time there was greater anxiety in Europe about the consequences of emigration than of immigration.’ From 1992, Hans Magnus Enzensberger on migration. Translated by Martin Chalmers.

Essays & Memoir | Issue 42 padlock
Essays & Memoir | Issue 42 padlock

Shaking Hands with the Zeitgeist

Wolf Biermann

‘He was, after all, more than a mere hiccup in the history of the world.’

Essays & Memoir | Issue 42 padlock
Essays & Memoir | Issue 42 padlock

Family Arguments

Wolf Biermann

‘What should the writer do in the dark times of tyranny?’

Essays & Memoir | Issue 33
Essays & Memoir | Issue 33

Europe in Ruins

Hans Magnus Enzensberger

‘At the end of the Second World War Europe was a pile of ruins, not merely in a physical sense; it seemed totally bankrupt in political and moral terms.’

Hans Magnus Enzensberger on Europe after the Second World War.

Fiction | Issue 33 padlock
Fiction | Issue 33 padlock

What Remains

Christa Wolf

‘The coffee has to be strong and hot, filtered; the egg not too soft; home-made preserves; black bread.’

Essays & Memoir | Issue 26
Essays & Memoir | Issue 26

The Extravagance of the Italians

Hans Magnus Enzensberger

‘There are no Italians in Italy, only natives and newcomers.’ Hans Magnus Enzensberger on the small-change crisis in 1970s Italy. Translated by Martin Chalmers.

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