UQ lecturer's prize-winning translation of wartime novel goes global

9 Dec 2016
Austrian writer Ilse Aichinger with her twin sister Helga Aichinger
Austrian writer Ilse Aichinger with her twin sister Helga Aichinger

German lecturer Dr Geoff Wilkes has received international recognition for his English translation of iconic wartime novel Die größere Hoffnung (The Greater Hope), by Austrian author Ilse Aichinger.

Dr Wilkes is the first Australian to receive the translation prize from the Austrian Federal Chancellery.

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