Winston mss., ca. 1998-2011

Creator: Winston, Krishna
Title: Winston mss.
Collection No.: LMC 2656
Dates: ca. 1998-2011
Quantity:

Quantity: 2 Boxes

Quantity: 2 standard

Abstract: The Winston mss., ca. 1998 - 2011, consist of drafts of German literature translations by Krishna Winston, a professor in the German Studies Department at Wesleyan University.
Location: Lilly - Stacks
Language: Materials are in English and German .
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

Krishna Winston is a professor in the German Studies Department at Wesleyan University. She has translated the works of Günter Grass, Peter Handke, and Werner Herzog, among others. She credits her passion for translation to her parents, Richard and Clara Winston. She was awarded the Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize and has also served on its jury. She is also a two-time winner of the Schlegel-Tieck Translation Prize. Her areas of expertise include 20th century German and Austrian drama and fiction and the work of Thomas Mann.

Scope and Content Note

The collection contains drafts of German literature translations by Krishna Winston, including translations of works by Günter Grass, Peter Handke, and Werner Herzog.

Arrangement

The collection of translation drafts and related materials is organized by the date of translation work.

Restrictions

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Indexed Terms

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

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

Acquisition Information

Gift: 2009, 2011.

Collection Inventory

box 1

Series:

Grass, Günter: Too Far Afield , (1990)
box 1
Book One
box 1
Book Two
box 1
Book Three
box 1
Book Four
box 1
Book Five

Series:

Handke, Peter: Crossing the Sierra de Gredos , (2005 - 2006)
box 1
Drafts 1 and 2

Quantity: 4 Folders

box 1
Drafts 3 and 4

Quantity: 2 Folders

box 1
Drafts 5, 6, and 7

Quantity: 2 Folders

box 1
Correspondence of Krishna Winston to Farrar Straus & Giroux

Series:

Handke, Peter: Don Juan: His Own Version , (2009)
box 1
Editor's queries and Krishna Winston's responses
box 1
Page proofs
box 2

Series:

Herzog, Werner: Conquest of the Useless , (2009)
box 2
Draft

Quantity: 2 Folders

box 2
Proofread version

Quantity: 2 Folders

box 2
Persons and places list
box 2
Catalogue copy/ publicity

Series:

Grass, Günter: The Box: Tales from the Darkroom , (2009 - 2010)
box 2
Notes from Günter Grass Translators' Conference in Lübeck, Germany , Jan. 2009
box 2
Correspondence of Grass translators and of his secretary, Hilke Ohsoling
box 2
Soccer terminology
box 2
Drafts 1, 2, and 3
box 2
Drafts 4 and 5
box 2
Draft edited by Drenka Willen of Harcourt with comments by Krishna Winston
box 2
Advance uncorrected proof

Series:

Grass, Günter: On the Way: From Germany to Germany, Journal of the Year 1990 , (2011)
box 2
Drafts of publicity samples
box 2
Drafts 1 and 2
box 2
Drafts 3 and 4
box 2
E-mail from Krishna Winston to Drenka Willen about Grass's style and preferences

Series:

Jonas, Hans: Memoirs (undated)
box 2
Draft

Quantity: 2 Folders