Name Jamie Bulloch | ||
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Books Karl Renner: Austria, Karl Renner: Austria: The Peace Conferences of 1919-23 and Their Aftermath | ||
Jamie Bulloch is a British historian and translator of German literature.
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Life and work
After studying modern languages at Bristol University, he obtained an MA in Central European History at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES). He took a couple of years out from studying to teach French and German at St Dunstan's College in London, then resumed with a PhD in interwar Austrian history, in which he was supervised by Martyn Rady. He taught German language and Central European History at SSEES, UCL, King's College London and Warwick University, and he has written a book on Karl Renner in the 'Makers of the Modern World' series.
Recent literary translations include Kingdom of Twilight by Steven Uhly (MacLehose Press), Look Who's Back by Timur Vermes (MacLehose Press), which was longlisted for the 2016 IMPAC award and 2015 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, The Empress and the Cake by Linda Stift (Peirene Press), and Schlump by Hans Herbert Grimm (Vintage). His translation of Portrait of the Mother as a Young Woman was praised by the Times Literary Supplement. He and his wife, Katharina Bielenberg, jointly translated Daniel Glattauer's hit novel, Love Virtually, and its sequel, Every Seventh Wave, both of which were adapted into radio plays starring David Tennant and Emilia Fox. His translation of The Mussel Feast won the 2014 Schlegel-Tieck Prize.
Jamie and Katharina live in London with their three daughters. His father is actor Jeremy Bulloch, best known for his portrayal of Boba Fett in the Star Wars films.