Albert Vigoleis Thelen (28 September 1903 in Süchteln, Lower Rhine region, Germany - 9 April 1989 in Dülken, Germany) was a German author and translator (from Portuguese).

Life

Thelen was the son of booksellers Louis Thelen and Johanna Scheifes. After the primary school (1909–1913) he attended the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Schule (1913–1918).

Works

Thelen's main work, The Island of Second Sight, which has been praised by many as one of the great achievements in German literature of the 20th century, appeared in 1953. It was soon translated into Spanish and French, later also into Dutch. Not until 2010 when it was published by Galileo Publishing in Cambridge, through the efforts of Isabelle Weiss, was it made available to English readers.[1] The award winning translation by Donald O. White won the 2013 PEN Translation Prize.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Albert Vigoleis Thelen's The Island of Second Sight". Galileo Publishing. Archived from the original on 2013-07-24. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  2. ↑ "Dichter und Autor". Albert Vigoleis Thelen. Archived from the original on 2022-11-26. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  3. ↑ "Island of Second Sight". Overlook Press. Archived from the original on 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  4. ↑ Carolyn Kellogg (August 14, 2013). "Jacket Copy: PEN announces winners of its 2013 awards". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 16, 2013. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
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