Austryn Wainhouse
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Austryn Wainhouse is an American translator, primarily of French works and notably of Marquis de Sade
, sometimes using pseudonym Pieralessandro Casavini.
As a graduate of Harvard University
and prior to completing his graduate program at the University of Iowa
, Austryn Wainhouse traveled around Europe before settling in Paris
where he began working for Maurice Girodias
at Olympia Press
, and later as an editor of Merlin
. His first wife Mary, also known as Muffy or Muffie, also worked for Girodias, and later came to be living with him.
He produced the first unexpurgated English translation of Justine for Olympia Press in 1953. Two years later, Wainhouse returned to the United States. Wainhouse later revised his translation of Justine for publication in the United States by Grove Press
in 1965.
In 1960, Gay Talese
described him as:
In 1972, Wainhouse received the National Book Award
for translating Jacques Monod
's Chance and Necessity
.
By 1983, he had established publishing firm The Marlboro Press in Marlboro, Vermont
.
Marquis de Sade
Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade was a French aristocrat, revolutionary politician, philosopher, and writer famous for his libertine sexuality and lifestyle...
, sometimes using pseudonym Pieralessandro Casavini.
As a graduate of Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
and prior to completing his graduate program at the University of Iowa
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...
, Austryn Wainhouse traveled around Europe before settling in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
where he began working for Maurice Girodias
Maurice Girodias
Maurice Girodias was the founder of the Olympia Press. At one time he was the owner of his father's Obelisk Press, and spent most of his productive years in Paris.-Early life:...
at Olympia Press
Olympia Press
Olympia Press was a Paris-based publisher, launched in 1953 by Maurice Girodias as a rebranded version of the Obelisk Press he inherited from his father Jack Kahane...
, and later as an editor of Merlin
Merlin (literary magazine)
Merlin was an avant-garde British literary magazine. Seven issues were released between 1952 and 1954. It published the work of Samuel Beckett, Henry Miller, Christopher Logue, Pablo Neruda, and Jean-Paul Sartre, among others....
. His first wife Mary, also known as Muffy or Muffie, also worked for Girodias, and later came to be living with him.
He produced the first unexpurgated English translation of Justine for Olympia Press in 1953. Two years later, Wainhouse returned to the United States. Wainhouse later revised his translation of Justine for publication in the United States by Grove Press
Grove Press
Grove Press is an American publishing imprint that was founded in 1951. Imprints include: Black Cat, Evergreen, Venus Library, Zebra. Barney Rosset purchased the company in 1951 and turned it into an alternative book press in the United States. The Atlantic Monthly Press, under the aegis of its...
in 1965.
In 1960, Gay Talese
Gay Talese
Gay Talese is an American author. He wrote for The New York Times in the early 1960s and helped to define literary journalism...
described him as:
In 1972, Wainhouse received the National Book Award
National Book Award
The National Book Awards are a set of American literary awards. Started in 1950, the Awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the current year. In 1989 the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization which now oversees and manages the National Book...
for translating Jacques Monod
Jacques Monod
Jacques Lucien Monod was a French biologist who was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1965, sharing it with François Jacob and Andre Lwoff "for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis"...
's Chance and Necessity
Chance and Necessity
Chance and Necessity is a 1970 book by Jacques Monod, interpreting the processes of evolution to show that life is only the result of natural processes by "pure chance". It has been described as a "manifesto of materialist biology in the most reductivist sense"...
.
By 1983, he had established publishing firm The Marlboro Press in Marlboro, Vermont
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
.
Translations
- 1953: Marquis de Sade's Justine , reprinted in 1963 as # 67 in Traveller's Companion series.
- 1955: Georges BatailleGeorges BatailleGeorges Bataille was a French writer. His multifaceted work is linked to the domains of literature, anthropology, philosophy, economy, sociology and history of art...
's Lascaux; or, the Birth of Art, the Prehistoric Paintings and ManetManet-MANET as an abbreviation:*MANET is a mobile ad hoc network, a self-configuring mobile wireless network.*MANET database or Molecular Ancestry Network, bioinformatics database-People with the surname Manet:*Édouard Manet, a 19th-century French painter....
, co-translator James Emmons - 1958: Simone de BeauvoirSimone de BeauvoirSimone-Ernestine-Lucie-Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir, often shortened to Simone de Beauvoir , was a French existentialist philosopher, public intellectual, and social theorist. She wrote novels, essays, biographies, an autobiography in several volumes, and monographs on philosophy, politics, and...
's The Long March - 1968: Marquis de Sade's Juliette (1797)
- 1972: Jacques MonodJacques MonodJacques Lucien Monod was a French biologist who was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1965, sharing it with François Jacob and Andre Lwoff "for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis"...
's Chance and NecessityChance and NecessityChance and Necessity is a 1970 book by Jacques Monod, interpreting the processes of evolution to show that life is only the result of natural processes by "pure chance". It has been described as a "manifesto of materialist biology in the most reductivist sense"... - 1989: Georges BatailleGeorges BatailleGeorges Bataille was a French writer. His multifaceted work is linked to the domains of literature, anthropology, philosophy, economy, sociology and history of art...
's My Mother, Madame Edwarda, & The Dead ManThe Dead ManThe Dead Man was a science fiction strip in the British comic 2000 AD by writer John Wagner and artist John Ridgway, published in black and white in 1989–90. Although it was not billed as a Judge Dredd story, it was set in Judge Dredd's world in 2112, and featured a new character called the Dead Man...
, with essays by Yukio Mishima and Ken Hollings - Marion Boyars Publishers. - 1996: Aleksandra Kroh's Lucien's Story
- 2002: Pierre KlossowskiPierre KlossowskiPierre Klossowski was a French writer, translator and artist. He was the eldest son of the artists Erich Klossowski and Baladine Klossowska, and his younger brother was the painter Balthus.-Life:...
's Roberte ce Soir and Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, with introduction by Micheal Perkins, published by Dalkey Archive Press