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Michael Kandel
Michael Kandel in 2005
Michael Kandel in 2005
Born (1941-12-24) December 24, 1941 (age 82)
Baltimore, Maryland
Occupationtranslator and writer
Alma mater
GenreScience fiction

Michael Kandel (born December 24, 1941 in Baltimore, Maryland)[1] is an American translator and author of science fiction.

Biography

Kandel received a doctorate in Slavistics from Indiana University. He is currently an editor at the Modern Language Association.[2] Formerly at Harcourt, he edited (among others) Ursula K. Le Guin's work.[3]

Kandel is perhaps best known for his translations of the works of Stanisław Lem from Polish to English.[4] Recently he has also been translating works of other Polish science fiction authors, such as Jacek Dukaj, Marek Huberath and Andrzej Sapkowski. The quality of his translations is considered to be excellent;[5] his skill is especially notable in the case of Lem's writing, which makes heavy use of wordplay and other difficult-to-translate devices.

Bibliography

Novels

Short fiction

Translations

Stanisław Lem

Paweł Huelle

Marek S. Huberath

Andrzej Stasiuk

  • On the Road to Babadag (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011)

Editor and translator

Notes

  1. ^ Kathryn Cramer; David G. Hartwell (July 10, 2007). The Space Opera Renaissance. Tom Doherty Associates. pp. 823–. ISBN 978-1-4668-0825-6. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  2. ^ James Morrow; Kathryn Morrow (April 15, 2008). The SFWA European Hall of Fame: Sixteen Contemporary Masterpieces of Science Fiction from the Continent. Tom Doherty Associates. pp. 327–. ISBN 978-0-7653-1537-3. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  3. ^ Kandel, "Being an Editor"
  4. ^ "A Polish Book of Monsters: About the Translator". Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
  5. ^ Franz Rottensteiner (1999). View from Another Shore. Liverpool University Press. pp. 252–. ISBN 978-0-85323-942-0. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
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