WIllem Frederik Hermans - 8 vertalingen van zijn werk in diverse talen - 1966-2007

Seven translations from diverse languages – French, German, English and Hungarian – of works by Willem Frederik Hermans (1921-1995), published in book form or in anthologies or magazines:

1 Nie mehr schlafen. Novel. From Dutch translated by Rosemarie Still – Zürich: Diogenes, 1986 – 343 pp., paperback – Diogenes Taschenbuch (DETEBE) 21467 – A very nice copy of the 2nd edition of this German translation, slight crease in the corner of the back cover, remainder stamp on the bottom edge.

2 Die Tränen der Akazien. Novel. From Dutch translated by Waltraud Hüsmert – Berlin: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 2005 – 518 pp., hardcover with dust jacket – 1st edition of this German translation of De tranen der acacia’s – Lovely, unread copy.

3 La chambre noire de Damoclès. Novel. Translated from Dutch (Netherlands) by Daniel Cunin – Paris: Gallimard, 2006 – 484 pp., paperback – 1st edition of this French translation of De donkere kamer van Damokles – Lovely, unread copy, small paper fault on the spine.

4 Soha többé alvás – Pécs: Jelenkor Kiadó, 2007 – 255 pp., hardcover with dust jacket – 1st edition of this Hungarian translation by Krisztina Noémi Törő of Nooit meer slapen – Beautiful, unread copy.

5 ‘La Maison préservée’, in: Nouvelles néerlandaises des Flandres et des Pays-Bas. Préface by Victor E. van Vriesland, President of the PEN Club International – Paris: Seghers, 1965, pp. [178]-206 – hardcover with dust jacket – French translation of Het behouden huis by Liliane Wouters – 1st edition; for the remaining represented authors see the photos – Beautiful copy with light signs of handling on the cover, cloth at the top edge of the case.

6 ‘The House of Refuge’, in: Delta. A Review of Arts, Life and Thought in the Netherlands, volume 9 (1966), issue 3, pp. 31-66 – Reprint of this English translation of Het behouden huis by Estelle Debrot – Nice copy (but if opened too far the bound pages may come loose).

7 ‘Streetscene’, in: Manfred Wolf - Change of Scene. Contemporary Dutch and Flemish Poems in English Translation – San Francisco: Twowindows Press, 1969, p. 11 – 1st edition of this English translation of the ‘Straattoneel’ from Hypnodrome – Other poets in this anthology: Adriaan Morriën, Hanny Michaelis, Gerard Kornelis van het Reve, Hans Lodeizen, Lucebert, Charles Corsen, Remco Campert, Ellen Warmond, Karel Jonckheere, Ben Cami, Marcel Wauters and Gust Gils – Beautiful copy with light signs of handling.

8 ‘The Tears of the Acacia’s’ [fragment], in: Jaap Goedegebuure/Anne Marie Musschoot (ed.) – Contemporary Fiction of the Low Countries – Rekkem: Stichting Ons Erfdeel, 1991, pp. 69-76 – English translation by Lesley Gilbert of a fragment from De tranen der Acacia’s – Fine copy.