Harry Rowohlt is a German writer and translator. He also plays the role of a derelict in the famous German weekly-soap Lindenstraße

Lindenstraße

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Background

Born Harry Rupp in Hamburg

Hamburg

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, Rowohlt is the son of publisher Ernst Rowohlt

Ernst Rowohlt

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 and actress Maria Rowohlt

Maria Rowohlt

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; his parents married in 1957.

Rowohlt is known for his insightful and humorous translation of Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh

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. He also published German translations of works by Philip Ardagh

Philip Ardagh

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, Donald Barthelme

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, Hilaire Belloc

Hilaire Belloc

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, Roger Boylan

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, Edgar Rice Burroughs

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, Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

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, Robert Crumb

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, David Sedaris

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, Kenneth Grahame

Kenneth Grahame

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, Ernest Hemingway

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, Flann O'Brien

Flann O'Brien

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, Gilbert Shelton

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, Shel Silverstein

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, and Kurt Vonnegut

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In 2005, he received the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis

Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis

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for his translation work.

He once purchased a Ford Transit for cash.

Works

• Ich, Kater Robinson (in collaboration with Peter Schössow). - Hamburg : Carlsen, 1997. - ISBN 3-551-51460-7
• In Schlucken-zwei-Spechte (in collaboration with Ralf Sotscheck). - München : Goldmann, 2004. - ISBN 3-442-45606-1 (Something like an autobiography arranged like an interview)
• Der Kampf geht weiter. Schönen Gruß, Gottes Segen und Rot Front. Nicht weggeschmissene Briefe. - Zürich : Verl. Kein & Aber, 2005. - ISBN 3-03-695133-4
• Pooh's corner - Meinungen und Deinungen eines Bären von geringem Verstand. - München : Heyne, 1996. - ISBN 3-453-10849-3
• John Rock oder der Teufel. - Zürich : Verl. Kein & Aber
• Pooh's Corner II - Neue Meinungen und Deinungen eines Bären von geringem Verstand. Haffmanns Verlag 1997