Woods mss., 1977-2004

Creator: Woods, John E. (John Edwin)
Title: Woods mss.
Collection No.: LMC 2269
Dates: 1977-2004
Quantity:

Quantity: 7 Boxes

Quantity: 7 standard

Quantity:

Quantity: 1 folio

Abstract: The Woods mss., 1977-2004, consist of correspondence and manuscripts of German works translated into English by John Edwin Woods.
Location: Lilly - Folio; Lilly - Stacks
Language: Materials are in English .
Repository: Lilly Library
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500
Business Number: 812-855-2452
liblilly@indiana.edu
URL: https://libraries.indiana.edu/lilly-library

Biographical Note

John Edwin Woods (1942- ) has won numerous awards for his translations, including the Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize (1996), the ALTA Translation of the Year Award (1994), the Society of Authors Schlegel–Tick Prize (1991), the PEN Translation Prize (1987 and 1981), and the American Book Award for Translation (1981). Woods has translated all of the major novels of Nobel laureate Thomas Mann.

Scope and Content Note

The collection includes numerous items related to his work as a translator of Arno Schmidt's works. There is a large body of correspondence regarding Schmidt written by Ernst Krawehl and others, as well as manuscripts of Schmidt writings translated by Woods, such as Evening Edged in Gold, School for Atheists and "Lake Scenes with Pocahontas." Also present are an array of published and unpublished manuscripts translated from the writings of such German authors as Thomas Mann, Libuŝe Monikóvá, John Rabe, Christoph Ransmayr, Jan Philip Reemstma, and Ingo Schulze. Most of the manuscripts include the handwritten edits and annotations made by the translator.

Arrangement

This collection is organized into the following series: I. General correspondence; II. Translations; III. Arno Schmidt; IV. Writings by Woods; V. Additions, 2005.

Restrictions

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item], Woods mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Acquisition Information

Acquired: 2002, 2005.

Processing Information

Processed by Staff.

Completed in 2013

Collection Inventory

Series:

General Correspondence
Box 1
1979-2002

Physical Description: (34 folders)

Series:

Translations

Subseries:

Book Translations
Box 1
Mann, Thomas. Doctor Faustus. Translated by John E. Woods (New York: A.A. Knopf , 1997)

Physical Description: (6 folders)

Box 1
Mann. The Magic Mountain. Translated by John E. Woods (New York: A.A. Knopf , 1995)

Physical Description: (6 folders)

Box 2
Mann, Thomas. The Magic Mountain cont.

Physical Description: (4 folders)

Box 2
Monikóvá. Libuše. Drift Ice. Translated by John E. Woods. Unpublished manuscript.

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Box 2
Monikóvá. Impairment (Schädigung). Unpublished manuscript.

Physical Description: (1 folder)

Box 2
Monikóvá. Pavane for a Dead Princess. Translated by John E. Woods. Unpublished manuscript. , 1991

Physical Description: (1 folder)

Box 2
Rabe, John. The Good Man of Nanking: the Diaries of John Rabe. Edited by Erwin Wickert. Translated by John E. Woods (New York: A. A. Knopf, Notes (faxes) of Wickert. , 1998), 1997

Physical Description: (1 folder)

Box 2
Rabe. The Good Man of Nanking. Correspondence from Erwin Wickert , 1998

Physical Description: (1 folder)

Box 2
Rabe. The Good Man of Nanking. Manuscript titled: The Good German of Nanking.

Physical Description: (3 folders)

Box 2
Rabe. The Good Man of Nanking. Manuscript.

Physical Description: (3 folders)

Box 2
Ransmayr, Christoph. The Dog King. Translated by John E. Woods (New York: A.A. Knopf, Manuscript titled: The Kitahara Syndrome. , 1997)

Physical Description: (3 folders)

Box 2
Ransmayr. Fatehpur. Speech. , Nov. 10-11, 1996

Physical Description: (1 folder)

Box 2
Ransmayr. The Unborn.

Physical Description: (1 folder)

Box 3
Reemstma, Jan Philipp. And So for the Reason Noted c.Speech. , 1990

Physical Description: (1 folder)

Box 3
Reemstma. In Honor of Daniel Goldberg, On the Occasion of His Being Awarded the Democracy Prize Speech. , Mar. 17, 1997

Physical Description: (1 folder)

Box 3
Reemstma. More Than a Champion: The Style of Muhammad Ali. Translated by John E. Woods (New York: A.A. Knopf , 1998)

Physical Description: (1 folder)

Box 3
Reemstma. The Political Semantics of the Concept of 'Torture,' , ca. 1990

Physical Description: (1 folder)

Box 3
Reemstma. State Terror , ca. 1990

Physical Description: (1 folder)

Box 3
Reemstma. Survivor Memoirs , ca. 1998

Physical Description: (1 folder)

Box 3
Reemstma. Terroratio I , ca. 1990

Physical Description: (1 folder)

Box 3
Reemstma. Terroratio II , ca. 1990

Physical Description: (1 folder)

Box 3
Reemstma. Toward a Psychoanalytic Understanding of Human Cruelty , ca. 1990

Physical Description: (1 folder)

Box 3
Schulze, Ingo. 33 Moments of Happiness: St. Petersburg Stories. Translated by John E. Woods (New York: A.A. Knopf , 1998)

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Box 3
Schulze. 33 Moments of Happiness.

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Box 3
Schulze. Simple Stories Translated by John E. Woods (New York: A.A. Knopf , 2000)

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Box 3
Wagner, Richard. Tannhäuser: In Full Score. German, with English interlinear translations by John E. Woods (New York: Dover Publications , 1984)

Physical Description: (bound volume)

Box 3
Wagner. Tannhäuser and the Tournament of Song at Wartburg. Edited and translated by Natalia Macfarren. (New York: G. Schirmer, Annotated for surtitles by John E. Woods , ca. 1990-1995?)

Physical Description: (bound volume)

Box 3
Wagner. Lyric Opera of Chicago Tannhäuser production folder , 1998-1999

Physical Description: 46pp.

Physical Description: (1 folder)

Scope and Contents: Includes surtitles program.

Subseries:

Other Translations
Box 3
Döblin, Alfred. Mountain Seas and Giants Unpublished sample. , ca. 1981

Physical Description: 18pp.

Physical Description: (1 folder)

Box 3
Enzensberger, Hans Magnus. Hitler's Wraith [Wrath] Translated by John E. Woods. , ca. 1995

Physical Description: 9pp.

Physical Description: (1 folder)

Box 3
Enzensberger. Inserts for Bosnia - Uganda , ca. 1995

Physical Description: 1p.

Physical Description: (1 folder)

Box 3
Enzensberger. Manhunting in Germany Translated by John E. Woods. , ca. 1995

Physical Description: 6pp.

Physical Description: (1 folder)

Box 3
Fleischhauer, Jan. Victory or Siberia Translated by John E. Woods. , ca. 1999

Physical Description: 24pp.

Box 3
Ganzfried, Daniel. The Borrowed Holocaust Biography Translated by John E. Woods. , 27 Aug. 1998

Physical Description: 15pp.

Physical Description: 10pp.

Physical Description: title: After Auschwitz, Facts Don't Count,

Physical Description: date: 11 Sept. 1998.

Box 3
Glotz, Peter. Forward to Europe: A Manifesto for a New European Left Translated by John E. Woods. T.D. , ca. 1985

Physical Description: Accompanied by copy of German text

Box 3
Pross, Harry. The Grand Reconciliation: Kitsch as a Social Product Translated by John E. Woods. T.D. , Mar. 1985

Physical Description: Accompanied by a photocopy of German text

Box 3
Süskind, Patrick. Perfume Unpublished sample. , Fall 1985

Physical Description: [14]pp.

Box 3
Assorted published reviews , 1983-2001

Series:

Arno Schmidt

Subseries:

Correspondence , 1977-1987
Box 3
Ernst Krawehl and John Woods concerning translations of Arno Schmidt.

Physical Description: (17 folders)

Language: Mostly in German

Subseries:

Correspondence , 1978-2002
Box 4
Concerning Arno Schmidt

Physical Description: (19 folders)

Subseries:

Translations of Works by Arno Schmidt
Box 4
Evening Edged in Gold. Translated by John E. Woods (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c. , 1980)

Physical Description: [83]pp.

Physical Description: 14pp.

Physical Description: (4 folders)

Physical Description: date: 1977

Physical Description: date: 1978-1979

Physical Description: date: 1980

Physical Description: title: Comments on the Occasion of the Publication of Evening Edged in Gold by Arno Schmidt,

Physical Description: date: 1981

Box 5
Great Cain. Two drafts of manuscript.

Physical Description: 18pp.

Physical Description: 2pp.

Box 5
Lake Scenes With Pocahontas in Collected Novellas Translated by John E. Woods (Normal, IL: Dalkey Archive Press, Manuscript. , ca. 1981, 1994)

Physical Description: 16pp.

Box 5
Scenes from the Life of a Faun: A Short Novel Translated by John E. Woods (London; New York: M. Boyars, Manuscript. , ca. 1980, 1983)

Physical Description: 156pp.

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Box 5
School for Atheists: A Novella-Comedy in Six Acts Translated by John E. Woods (København; Los Angeles: Green Integer, Manuscript. Second version, first draft. , ca. 1999, 2001)

Physical Description: 301pp.

Physical Description: (4 folders)

Box 5
School for Atheists Manuscript. Second version, second draft. , Apr. 1999

Physical Description: 301pp.

Physical Description: (4 folders)

Box 5
Tall Grete in The Collected Stories of Arno Schmidt. Translated by John E. Woods (Normal, IL: Dalkey Archive Press, Manuscript. , 1996)

Physical Description: 3pp.

foliobox 26
Evening Edged in Gold Prepared by S. Fischer for presentation at Frankfurt Book Fair. , ca. 1979

Physical Description: 54pp.

Physical Description: (bound and photocopied)

Series:

Writings by Woods
Box 4
On Translating the Unconventional Prose of Arno Schmidt , ca. 1981

Physical Description: 6pp.,

Box 4
Of Bicycles and Violins Speech. , ca. 1994

Physical Description: 8pp.

Series:

Additions , 2005

Subseries:

Book Translations
Box 4
Mann, Thomas. Joseph and his Brothers. Translated by John E. Woods (New York: Everyman's Library, Books I & II. , 2005)

Physical Description: (4 folders)

Box 5
Mann, Thomas. Joseph and his Brothers, cont. Books III & IV.

Physical Description: (8 folders)

Box 5
Mann. Books I-III. Copy-edited ms.
Box 6
Mann, Thomas. Joseph and his Brothers, cont. Book IV. Copy-edited ms.
Box 6
Mann. Books I-IV. Proofs: First pass , Apr. 15, 2004
Box 6
Mann. Books I-III. Proofs: Author's set , Apr. 23, 2004
Box 7
Mann, Thomas. Joseph and His Brothers, cont. Book IV. Proofs, Author's set
Box 7
Mann. Books I-IV. Proofs: second pass , July 19, 2004