Contemporary Czech
Best introduction to Heim's work as a Czech-language scholar and teacher.
Author guide
Michael Henry Heim (1943–2012) was an American literary translator and scholar who taught Slavic languages and literatures at UCLA. He translated works from Czech, Russian, German, Hungarian, Croatian, Serbian, Dutch, French, and Romanian, including books by Milan Kundera, Bohumil Hrabal, Anton Chekhov, and Günter Grass. He also wrote and co-wrote scholarly works on Czech and Russian literature, language, and translation, and helped establish the PEN/Heim Translation Fund.
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Best introduction to Heim's work as a Czech-language scholar and teacher.
Best introduction to Heim's personal voice and reflections on languages and translation.
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scholarly monograph series · ongoing
Scholarly monograph series in Slavic studies published by Otto Sagner and later Peter Lang.
Book 128 · nonfiction · 1979
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