| Creator: | Krueger, Gertraude. |
| Title: | Krueger mss. |
| Collection No.: | LMC 2262 (VAD8303) (VAD8303) |
| Dates: | 1988-1993 |
| Quantity: |
Quantity: 5 Boxes Quantity: 5 standard |
| Abstract: | The Krueger mss., 1988-1993, consist of translations from English into German of literary works by British authors Julian Barnes and William Boyd. The translator is Gertraude Krueger of Berlin and the translations were published by Haffmans Verlag in Zurich in the case of Barnes and by Rowohlt Verlag in Hamburg for Boyd. |
| 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 |
Gertraude Krueger, of Berlin, translated works by British authors Julian Barnes and William Boyd and works by American author Valerie Wilson Wesley from English into German.
The Krueger mss., 1988-1993, consist of translations from English into German of literary works by British authors Julian Barnes and William Boyd. The translator is Gertraude Krueger of Berlin and the translations were published by Haffmans Verlag in Zurich in the case of Barnes and by Rowohlt Verlag in Hamburg for Boyd.
Additions to the Krueger mss., 1995-1996, are first draft translations into German of two books by American author Valerie Wilson Wesley: When Death Comes Stealing (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1994) and Devil's Gonna Get Him (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1995). The former was published as Ein Engel über deinem Grab (Zurich: Diogenes Verlag, 1996); the latter as In Teufels Küche (Zurich: Diogenes Verlag, 1998). Both manuscripts are accompanied by photocopies of correspondence from Krueger to her editor at Diogenes Verlag as well as notes and queries regarding appropriate translations of words and phrases.
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[Item], Krueger mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Acquired: 2001, 2002
Physical Description: (3 folders)
Physical Description: (1 folder)
Scope and Contents: Photocopies of queries to Barnes, with his answers, 7p.
Photocopies of correspondence between Krueger and her editor at Haffmans Verlag about the translation, 4p.
Preparatory notes, 13p.
Two earlier drafts of pages 73-78, 15p.
Other notes and queries, 9p.
Physical Description: (3 folders)
Physical Description: (1 folder)
Scope and Contents: Photocopies of Krueger's queries to Barnes, with his answers, Nov. 1990-Mar. 1991 [6]p.
Holograph preparatory notes, mostly re: terminology [25]p.
Acknowledgements, 1p.
Physical Description: (3 folders)
Physical Description: (1 folder)
Scope and Contents: "Fragen an William Boyd zu Brazzaville Beach," 1p.
Holograph preparatory notes, 11p.
Clippings from German newspapers, etc. with certain words or phrases marked.
Physical Description: (2 folders)
Physical Description: (1 folder)
Scope and Contents: Copies of correspondence
Notes and queries to German colleagues and American friends
Notes on conversation with publisher's reader
Notes on brand names
Newspaper article from Der Tagesspiegel , 12 November 1995, on marijuana.
Physical Description: (2 folders)
Physical Description: (1 folder)
Scope and Contents: Copies of correspondence, notes and queries of German and American colleagues
Questions and suggestions by Judge Hartmut Fischer
Questions and suggestions by physician Caroline Einkämpl.