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Matthias has been translating fiction and non-fiction for German and Swiss publishers since 1983. His over 70 translations covering a wide range of genres have been published by dtv, Schott, Pendo, Rowohlt, Diogenes, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Piper, S. Fischer, Carl Hanser and others. Among the writers he has translated are Don DeLillo, Breyten Breytenbach, Colum McCann, John Barth, Amitav Ghosh, Rohinton Mistry and John Cheever.
Matthias also translates for the cultural magazine Lettre International.
Excerpts
Fiction
Don DeLillo
Die Namen
John Barth
Tage ohne Wetter
Breyten Breytenbach
Erinnerung an Schnee und Staub
Colum McCann
Gesang der Kojoten
Rohinton Mistry
Das Gleichgewicht der Welt
William Maxwell
Mit der Zeit wird es dunkler
Thomas Love Peacock
Nachtmahr-Abtei
Amitav Ghosh
Eine Reise in die Vergangenheit des Orients
Paul Anderson
Hungersbräute
Russell Banks
Was Noni H. der Polizei über Jesus nicht erzählte
Dionne Brand
Wonach sich alle sehnen
Delacorta
Die Rapper vom Babylon Beach
Hans Münstermann
Das glückliche Jahr 1940
Adam Thorpe
Die Regeln der Perspektive
Non-fiction
John Berendt
Die Stadt der fallenden Engel
John Cheever
Tagebücher
Aljean Harmetz
Verhaften Sie die üblichen Verdächtigen – Wie 'Casablanca' gemacht wurde
Dorinde van Oort
Frau im Schatten – Eine Familiengeschichte
Adele Crockett Robertson
Der Apfelgarten
Emmett Williams
Schemes & Variations
You can download the complete list of translations as a pdf file.