Originally posted with the url: www.englishpen. Ipek Calislar: Latife Hanim – read the sample translationĪli al-Dumaini: Time for Prison, Times for Freedom See Philipp Manes, As If It Were Life: A WWII Diary from the. The copyright in these translations is retained by English PEN.Įnglish PEN Sample Translations and Readers’ Reports Messerschmidt's biography is based on the author's discussion with Kurt Messerschmidt. of life in Theresienstadt has been published as As If It Were Life. In a letter of thanks that he sent to Philipp Manes shortly before. We are delighted to offer these sample translations to publishers and hope that the work presented will generate interest among UK publishers who belong to our network and have a special focus on translated literature. In July 1942, Manes was notified that he and he wife Gertrud were to be deported to the. Friedmann was active at the Vienna Jewish Adult Education Centre as a lecturer for.

An English language translation of Manes writings, As if it were Life. Writers in Translation dedicates small grants for a sample translation combined with a reader’s reportof work in foreign languages that has not yet come to the attention of the UK publishing scene. Philipp Manes (1875-1944) belonged to an assimilated German Jewish family.

As If It Were Life by Philipp Manes