Shooting War
Arthur Goldhammer's only independently authored book identified in his principal bibliography and official author site.
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Arthur Goldhammer (born 1946) is an American writer, translator, and scholar. He earned a PhD in mathematics from MIT and has served as a senior affiliate at Harvard University's Center for European Studies. Since 1977 he has translated more than 120 works from French, including books by Alexis de Tocqueville and Thomas Piketty. His independently authored book identified in his principal bibliography is the novel Shooting War.
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novel · 2012
Frequently asked questions about Arthur Goldhammer
Who is Arthur Goldhammer?
Arthur Goldhammer is an American writer, translator, and scholar affiliated with Harvard University’s Center for European Studies. He is especially known for translating French history, politics, literature, and economics into English.
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What did Arthur Goldhammer study before becoming a translator?
He earned both a bachelor’s degree and a Ph.D. in mathematics from MIT, then taught at Brandeis University and Boston University. His translation career developed after he moved to France and received an opportunity to translate a French sociologist’s book.
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What influenced Arthur Goldhammer’s writing and translation career?
Goldhammer has described French novelists including Stendhal and Proust as early literary influences. His military experience in Vietnam and subsequent interest in history also shaped his fiction, including the novel Shooting War.
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What awards has Arthur Goldhammer received?
He is a four-time winner of the French-American Foundation Translation Prize and received the foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015. The Académie française also awarded him its 1997 Prix du Rayonnement de la langue et de la littérature françaises.
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What is Arthur Goldhammer’s legacy?
Goldhammer’s translations have helped bring major French works and ideas to English-speaking readers, strengthening intellectual exchange between France and the United States. His work on authors such as Alexis de Tocqueville and Thomas Piketty is central to that reputation.
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