Wilhelm Dichter
Wilhelm Dichter | |
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Born | Borysław, Second Polish Republic (present day Ukraine) | October 25, 1935
Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | Polish |
Citizenship | American |
Wilhelm Dichter (born 25 October 1935) is a
Biography
Dichter was born in 1935 in
Works
In 1996, the author's literary debut, God's Horse (
Dichter's second book, The Atheists' School (Szkoła Bezbożników), published in 2000, follows the author's life after the war in the newly established
In 2012, both novels, God's Horse and The Atheists' School, were published in English for the first time, translated by Madeline Levine, professor emeritus from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
His third book, Learning English (Polish: Lekcja Angielskiego) begins with the chaos of emigration from Poland and tells of the creation of and adjustment to a new life for him and his family in the United States. It was released in Poland to critical acclaim in the second half of 2010. The translation of this book is currently under way.[2]
Dichter's books, particularly the first two, have been translated into Russian, French, Czech, German, Swedish, and Dutch.
He also wrote "The Island of Physics", which has not been translated.
Bibliography
- Wyspy Fizyki (Polish) (Islands of Physics and Other Stories) (1967), co-authored with Jacek Kunicki
- God's Horse (Polish, Czech, Russian, Hebrew, Swedish, German, French, Dutch, English) (1996)
- The Atheists' School (Polish, German, English) (2000)
- Lekcja Angielskiego (Polish) (Learning English) (2010)
- God's Horse and The Atheists' School (published in English) (2012)
References
- ^ Sobolewska, Justyna (31 January 2000), Book Review: School of the Godless, vol. 2, Central Europe Review
- ^ Nowacki, Dariusz (16 July 2010), Book Review: English Lessons, Gazeta Wyborcza