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Stéphanie Lux

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Born: 27.12.1978
Birthplace: Thionville
Country of birth: France
Lives in: Berlin, Prenzlauer Berg


Source language: German, English
Target language: French
Working language: French

Vita

Stéphanie Lux was born in Thionville, France, in 1978. She studied German in Nancy, Strasbourg, and Leipzig. After two internships at the literary agency copywrite in Frankfurt am Main and the publishing house Actes Sud in Arles, she participated in the Goldschmidt Programme for young German-French literary translators in 2004, whereupon she signed her first translation contract and moved to Berlin. In 2006, she participated at the Sommerakademie and in 2007 and 2014 at the Internationale Übersetzertreffen at the LCB. In 2013 she also got invited to the German-French Übersetzerwerkstatt Vice-Versa in Arles. She  returned to the city in 2015 with a residency grant from the Robert Bosch Stiftung. She lives as a literary translator in Berlin and also translates punk books, exhibition catalogues, and artist monographs (sometimes from English). Since 2013 she now and again occasionally works at the bookshop Anakoluth. 

6 Questions

What brought you to Berlin? Love? World politics? Or was it a coincidence?

Friendship. My wonderful co-translators from the Goldschmidt Programme 2004.


What do you love about Berlin?

The fact that one can casually transport  any sort of object through the streets and carry anything with oneself on the metro, as if it were the most natural thing. The flea market atmosphere.


What do you miss in Berlin?

My favorite bookshops, one of them being Les bien aimés, in Nantes.


What is your favorite spot in Berlin?

Arkonaplatz in Mitte, my first Kiez.


Would you say you are a different person in Berlin? A different translator? And if yes, in what way?

Hard to say, I have always been translating here. For many years now Paul Auster's words have been accompanying me: The world is in my head. My body is in the world.


Which existing literary work do you wish you had written?

Pas pleurer“ (Don't Cry) by Lydie Salvayre.

Awards

2016  Two-time nominée for the Société des Gens de Lettres' Nerval Translation Award – for her translation of Michael Köhlmeier's Zwei Herren am Strand and Matthias Politycki's Samarkand Samarkand respectively.
2015  Residency grant from the Robert-Bosch-Stiftung in Arles for Zwei Herren am Strand by Michael Köhlmeier.

Work

Translated publications

Julia von Lucadou, Sauter des gratte-ciel (Die Hochhausspringerin)

Actes Sud, 2021 Roman

Stephanie Haerdle, Fontaines, Histoire de l'éjaculation féminine de la Chine ancienne à nos jours (Spritzen, Geschichte der weiblichen Ejakulation)

LUX Éditeur, 2021 Essay

Paula Fürstenberg, La famille du tigre ailé (Familie der geflügelten Tiger)

Actes Sud, 2020 Roman

Christine Wunnicke, Le renard et le Dr Shimamura (Der Fuchs und Dr Shimamura)

Jacqueline Chambon, 2019 Roman

Christine Wunnicke, Katie (Katie)

Jacqueline Chambon, 2018 Roman

Michael Köhlmeier, Konrad Paul Liessmann, Qui t'a dit que tu étais nu, Adam ? (Wer hat dir gesagt, dass du nackt bist, Adam?)

Jacqueline Chambon, 2018 Sachbuch

Andrea Maria Schenkel, Täuscher

Actes Sud, Arles, 2016 (will be published in 2018) Crime Novel

Andrea Maria Schenkel, Finsterau

Actes Sud, Arles, 2015 Crime novel

Matthias Politycki, Samarkand Samarkand (Samarcande Samarcande)

Jacqueline Chambon, Paris, 2015 Novel

Catherine David, Morad Montazami, Odile Burluraux, Iran, Unedited History 1960-2014 (with other translators)

Paris Musées, Paris, 2014 Exhibition catalogue

Hans Werner Holzwarth (Ed.), Darren Almond, Fullmoon (with other translators)

TASCHEN, Cologne, 2014 Exhibition catalogue

Stefan Koldehoff and Tobias Timm, Falsche Bilder, echtes Geld (L'affaire Beltracchi)

Jacqueline Chambon, Paris, 2013 Non-fiction

Lurker Grand (Ed.), Heute und danach (with other translators)

Edition Patrick Frey, Zurich, 2012 Punk book

Michael Köhlmeier, Idylle mit ertrinkendem Hund (Idylle avec chien qui se noie)

Jacqueline Chambon, Paris, 2011 Novel

Robert Klanten (Ed.), Data Flow 2: Visualizing Information in Graphic Design (with other translators)

Gestalten, Berlin, 2010 Illustrated book/Non-fiction

Jens Harder, ALPHA... directions

Actes Sud / L'An 2, Arles, 2009 Graphic Novel

Oliver Lubrich (Ed.), Reisen ins Reich (Voyages dans le Reich) (with other translators)

Actes Sud, Arles, 2008 Non-fiction

Georg Gerster (Ed.), Flug in die Vergangenheit (Le passé au présent) (with other translators)

Actes Sud, Arles, 2007 Illustrated book/Non-fiction

Lurker Grand (Ed.), Hot Love, Swiss Punk and Wave 1976-1980 (with other translators)

Edition Patrick Frey, Zurich, 2007 Punk Book

Jan Coston Wagner, Eismond (Lune de glace)

Gallimard, Série Noire, Paris, 2006 Crime novel

Romy Hausmann, Chère petite (Liebes Kind)

Actes Sud , 2021 Thriller

Clemens Setz, La consolation des choses rondes (Der Trost runder Dinge)

Jacqueline Chambon, 2020 Erzählungen

Annette Hess, La Maison allemande (Deutsches Haus)

Actes Sud, 2019 Roman

Andrea Maria Schenkel, Le Bracelet (Als die Liebe endlich war)

Actes Sud, 2018 Roman

Jens Harder, Gilgamesh (Gilgamesch)

Actes Sud / L'An 2, 2018 Comics

Clemens Setz, Die Stunde zwischen Frau und Gitarre (Entre femme et guitare)

Jacqueline Chambon, Paris, 2017 Novel

Anthony Spira and Lutz Eitel (Ed.), Eric Hattan Works (with other translators)

Holzwarth, Berlin, 2016 Artist monograph

Anne Dressen, Beatriz Preciado, Teresa Grandas, La Passion selon Carol Rama (with other translators)

Paris Musées, Paris, 2015 Exhibition Catalogue

Michael Köhlmeier, Zwei Herren am Strand (Deux messieurs sur la plage)

Jacqueline Chambon, Paris, 2015 Novel

Hans Werner Holzwarth (Ed.), Ai Weiwei (with other translators)

TASCHEN, Cologne, 2014 Artist monograph

Jens Harder, BETA... civilisations

Actes Sud / L'An 2, Arles, 2014 Graphic Novel

Tina Uebel, Die Wahreit über Frankie (La vérité sur Frankie)

Flammarion, Paris, 2013 Novel

Michael Köhlmeier, Madalyn

Jacqueline Chambon, Paris, 2012 Novel

Andrea Maria Schenkel, Bunker

Actes Sud, Arles, 2010 Crime Novel

Andrea Maria Schenkel, Kalteis (Un tueur à Munich)

Actes Sud, Arles, 2009 Crime Novel

Andrea Maria Schenkel, Tannöd (La ferme du crime)

Actes Sud, Arles, 2008 Crime Novel

Erwin Wagenhofer and Max Annas, We Feed the World (Le marché de la faim)

Actes Sud, Arles, 2007 Non-fiction

Jörg Blech, Heillose Medizin (Ces traitements dont il faut se méfier) (with Andreas Jandl)

Actes Sud, Arles, 2007 Non-fiction

Rafik Schami, Damaskus, der Geschmack einer Stadt (Damas, saveurs d'une ville)

Actes Sud, Arles, 2007 Cookbook