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Esther Kinsky


Born
Engelskirchen, Germany

Esther Kinsky, geboren 1956, hat Slawistik und Anglistik in Bonn und Toronto studiert. Sie arbeitet als Übersetzerin aus dem Polnischen, Englischen und Russischen. Ihr übersetzerisches Oeuvre umfasst u. a. Werke von Ida Fink, Hanna Krall, Ryszard Krysnicki, Aleksander Wat, Joseph O'Connor und Jane Smiley.

Kinksy lebt in Berlin. 2009 wurde sie mit dem Paul-Celan-Preis ausgezeichnet und 2011 erhielt sie den Karl-Dedecius-Preis. ...more

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“Before bereavement, one might think of 'death' but not yet of 'absence'. Absence is inconceivable, as long as there is presence. For the bereaved, the world is defined by absence.”
― Esther Kinsky
tags: absence, bereavement, grief-and-loss
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“She greeted me with the kindness of those who have long been fighting a losing battle and who had come to terms with the unlikelihood of her modest hopes ever being fulfilled.”
― Esther Kinsky, Am Fluß
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