Book Series Guide

Author guide

Michael Henry Heim Books in Order

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.

Slavic studiesliterary translationCzech languagememoir

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Contemporary Czech

Best introduction to Heim's work as a Czech-language scholar and teacher.

Un Babel fericit

Best introduction to Heim's personal voice and reflections on languages and translation.

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Books by series

scholarly monograph series · ongoing

Slavistische Beiträge

Scholarly monograph series in Slavic studies published by Otto Sagner and later Peter Lang.

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  1. 128
    The Russian Journey of Karel Havlíček Borovský

    Book 128 · nonfiction · 1979

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Outside the series

Bibliography by category

Nonfiction (1)
  1. Un Babel fericit

    memoir · 1999

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Edited works (1)
  1. The Third Wave: Russian Literature in Emigration

    edited-volume · 1984

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Other (1)
  1. Contemporary Czech

    textbook · 1976

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