Christopher Middleton

Christopher Middleton (b. 1926) is a poet, essayist, and translator. He teaches Germanic languages and literature at the University of Texas at Austin and has translated numerous works, including Jakob von Gunten by Robert Walser.

From the Review

March 8, 1979: Neighing in the Wind

Hermann Hesse: Biography and Bibliography by Joseph Mileck

Hermann Hesse: Pilgrim of Crisis, A Biography by Ralph Freedman

September 15, 1977: Freedom in Iran (letter)

From New York Review Books

Selected Stories of Robert Walser An ideal introduction to this fascinating writer of whom Hermann Hesse famously declared, "If he had a hundred thousand readers, the world would be a better place."

Jakob von Gunten Largely self-taught and altogether indifferent to worldly success, the Swiss writer Robert Walser wrote a range of short stories and essays, as well as four novels, of which Jakob von Gunten is widely recognized as the finest.

Books by Christopher Middleton

Jackdaw Jiving: Selected Essays on Poetry & Translation (1998)
Intimate Chronicles (1996)
Munich: The Comprehensive Street-By-Street Guide with Bird's-Eye-View Mapping (1993)
The Balcony Tree (1992)
Selected Writings (1990)
Selected Writings (1989)
Two Horse Wagon Going By (1986)
The Pursuit of the Kingfisher: Essays (1983)
Carminalenia (1980)
Bolshevism in Art, and Other Expository Writings (1978)
Eight Elementary Inventions (1977)
Pataxanadu, & Other Prose (1977)
The Lonely Suppers of W. V. Balloon (1975)
Wild Horse (1975)
Fractions for Another Telemachus (1974)
Selected Poem (1972)
Our Flowers & Nice Bones (1969)