j o l n e s – Joint Learning in Northern European Studies

Northern European Studies – and then what?

A video series on career prospects by j o l n e s

Episode 1: Literary Translator

The language of the video is German. German and English subtitles can be set optionally.

Biography

Paul Berf is a literary translator. He studied Scandinavian Studies, German Studies as well as English Studies in Cologne and Uppsala. He worked for several years as a research assistant at the Department for Scandinavian and Finnish Studies at the University of Cologne. During his studies he started translating texts and is now self-employed. He mainly translates novels and poetry from Swedish, Norwegian and Danish into German. He translated known authors like Karl Ove Knausgård, Henning Mankell, Aris Fioretos, Lars Kepler, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Selma Lagerlöf, Kjell Westö and many more.

Awards:

2005 Svenska Akademiens översättarpris

2014 Jane-Scatcherd-Preis für Übersetzer

Credits

Date	The interview was conducted on January 29 2020 at the University of Cologne, Department for Scandinavian and Finnish Studies.
Interviewed by	Anja Ute Blode, Anne-Katrin Heinen
Cinematography and Editing	Adam Polczyk
Transcript by:	Anja Ute Blode, Anne-Katrin Heinen
j o l n e s – Design	Heide Matz
Produced by	University of Cologne, Department for Scandinavian and Finnish Studies