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Arno Schmidt (German: [ˈaʁno ʃmɪt] ⓘ; 18 January 1914 – 3 June 1979) was a German author and translator. He is little known outside of German-speaking areas, in part because his works present a formidable challenge to translators.
Schmidt was born c. 1931, in Salzburg.From 1946 to 1949 in Bad Gastein, an Austrian Spa.After passing the mandatory government examination Arno worked in many countries, including the Grand Hotel Royal in Stockholm Sweden, the Beau Rivage Hotel in Geneva and three years in Casa Langer, a Caterer in Bogota, Colombia.
The Egghead Republic (German: Die Gelehrtenrepublik), also published as Republica Intelligentsia, [1] is a 1957 novel by the German writer Arno Schmidt. Plot [ edit ]
Bottom's Dream (German: Zettels Traum or ZETTEL'S TRAUM as the author wrote the title) is a novel published in 1970 by West German author Arno Schmidt.Schmidt began writing the novel in December 1963 while he and Hans Wollschläger were translating the works of Edgar Allan Poe into German. [1]
Arno Schmidt with "Cows in Half-Mourning", the title of the volume of stories. Engraving by Jens Rusch. Caliban over Setebos is a short story by Arno Schmidt.It was first published in 1964 as the conclusion of the ten stories in the volume Kühe in Halbtrauer.
Arno Schmidt's house at Bargfeld. Bargfeld is a hamlet of about 190 inhabitants near Celle in Lower Saxony, Germany, documented since 1056, now belonging to the village municipality Eldingen. It has become famous for the many novels and stories the great German author Arno Schmidt has situated there, having lived there from 1958 until his death ...
The School for Atheists: A Novella=Comedy in 6 Acts (Die Schule der Atheisten) is a novel by Arno Schmidt. It was originally published in German in 1972. It was translated into English by John E. Woods and published by Green Integer in 2001.
John Edwin Woods (August 16, 1942 – February 15, 2023) [1] [2] was an American translator who specialized in translating German literature, since about 1978.His work includes much of the fictional prose of Arno Schmidt and the works of contemporary authors such as Ingo Schulze and Christoph Ransmayr.