Irene Weber HenkingUniversity of Lausanne | UNIL · Centre de traduction littéraire
Irene Weber Henking
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»Walser is firmly established as an author’s author, loved by Kafka, Musil, Sebald, and Jelinek among others.« – Mit diesen Worten wurde im März 2003 für ein Symposium an der New York University geworben, in dessen Zentrum die Übersetzungen von Robert Walsers Texten in Amerika standen.
Informed by Walter Benjamin's essay «Die Aufgabe des Übersetzers» (1923) and Antoine Berman's book La traduction et la lettre ou l'auberge du lointain (1985), this article purports to examine several Spanish translations of Kurt Schwitter's "Merzgedicht" Anna Blume (1919). In particular, the analysis illustrates the creative potential of Benjamin a...
