Michael Hofmann

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Michael Hofmann

Communications

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#441

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Michael Hofmann

Literature

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Why Is Michael Hofmann Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Michael Hofmann is a German-born poet, translator, and critic. The Guardian has described him as "arguably the world's most influential translator of German into English". Biography Hofmann was born in Freiburg into a family with a literary tradition. His father was the German novelist Gert Hofmann. His maternal grandfather edited the Brockhaus Enzyklopädie. Hofmann's family first moved to Bristol in 1961, and later to Edinburgh. He was educated at Winchester College, and then studied English Literature and Classics at Magdalene College, Cambridge, graduating with a BA in 1979. For the next four years, he pursued postgraduate study at the University of Regensburg and Trinity College, Cambridge.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Michael Hofmann?

Michael Hofmann is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of Oxford
• University of Florida
• University of Cambridge