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Michael Hofmann

Michael Hofmann

Michael Hofmann is a poet and translator from the German. He teaches at the University of Florida. His translation of Jenny Erpenbeck’s novel Kairos was published in June. (October 2023)

Musil’s Infinities

Musil’s Infinities

Intimate Ties: Two Novellas

by Robert Musil, translated from the German and with an afterword by Peter Wortsman

Agathe, or, The Forgotten Sister

by Robert Musil, translated from the German and with an introduction by Joel Agee

March 26, 2020 issue

Art for Film’s Sake

Art for Film’s Sake

Never Look Away

a film written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

March 21, 2019 issue

The Lion in Winter

The Lion in Winter

Of All That Ends

by Günter Grass, translated from the German by Breon Mitchell

June 8, 2017 issue

‘An Adorable Bookling’

‘An Adorable Bookling’

Looking at Pictures

by Robert Walser, translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky, with additional translations by Lydia Davis and Christopher Middleton

June 23, 2016 issue

Artist of Everything

Artist of Everything

Lucky Hans and Other Merz Fairy Tales

by Kurt Schwitters, translated from the German and with an introduction by Jack Zipes, and with illustrations by Irvine Peacock

December 9, 2010 issue

Two

March 25, 2010 issue

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