Michael Hofmann
Michael Hofmann is a poet and translator. He has translated nine books by Joseph Roth and was awarded the PEN translation prize for String of Pearls. He lives in London.
From the Review
December 5, 2002: Passengers with Heavy Loads
March 28, 2002: Translating Joseph Roth (letter)
From New York Review Books
 | The Voyage That Never Ends A self-portrait of one of the 20th century's most compelling and tragic writers, The Voyage that Never Ends draws on Lowry's stories, several unfinished novels, poems, and letters to present a picture of the whole range his accomplishment to set alongside his masterpiece, Under the Volcano. |
 | The Stalin Front A grueling story of combat in a newly discovered masterpiece of world literature. |