Harry Rowohlt

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Harry Rowohlt


Born
in Hamburg, Germany
March 27, 1945

Died
June 15, 2015


Born Harry Rupp in Hamburg, Rowohlt was the son of publisher Ernst Rowohlt and actress Maria Rowohlt; his parents married in 1957.
Rowohlt is known for his insightful and humorous translation of Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh. He also published German translations of works by Philip Ardagh, Donald Barthelme, Hilaire Belloc, Roger Boylan, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Leonard Cohen, Robert Crumb, David Sedaris, Kenneth Grahame, Ernest Hemingway, Flann O'Brien, Gilbert Shelton, Shel Silverstein, James Joyce, and Kurt Vonnegut.
In 1999 he was awarded the Johann-Heinrich-Voß-Preis für Übersetzung. And in 2005, he received the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for his translation work.
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Average rating: 4.01 · 1,765 ratings · 144 reviews · 137 distinct works
In Schlucken-zwei-Spechte

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Der Kampf geht weiter!

4.30 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions
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Pooh s Corner

3.83 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions
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Pooh's Corner: Gesammelte W...

4.06 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions
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Und tschüs: Nicht weggeschm...

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Gottes Segen und Rot Front

4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions
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Der Paganini der Abschweifung

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The Jolly Steamship

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John Rock oder der Teufel

3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions
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Rumba, Rumba, Rumba ist modern

4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011
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“Sagen, was man denkt. Und vorher was gedacht haben.”
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