Jamie Bulloch

Jamie Bulloch is a British historian and translator of German literature.

Life and work

After studying modern languages at Bristol University, he obtained an MA in Central European History at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES). He took a couple of years out from studying to teach French and German at St Dunstan's College in London, then resumed with a PhD in interwar Austrian history, in which he was supervised by Martyn Rady. He taught German language and Central European History at SSEES, UCL, King's College London and Warwick University, and he has written a book on Karl Renner in the 'Makers of the Modern World' series.

Recent literary translations include Look Who's Back by Timur Vermes (MacLehose Press), which was longlisted for the 2016 IMPAC award, Raw Material by Jörg Fauser (Clerkenwell Press), and Schlump by Hans Herbert Grimm (Vintage). His translation of Portrait of the Mother as a Young Woman was praised by the Times Literary Supplement. He and his wife, Katharina Bielenberg, jointly translated Daniel Glattauer's hit novel, Love Virtually, and its sequel, Every Seventh Wave, both of which were adapted into radio plays starring David Tennant and Emilia Fox. His translation of The Mussel Feast won the 2014 Schlegel-Tieck Prize.

Jamie and Katharina live in London with their three daughters.

Bibliography

As author

• Karl Renner: Austria (Haus Publishing, 2009)

As translator

• The Sweetness of Life, Paulus Hochgatterer (MacLehose Press, 2008)
• Ruth Maier's Diary, Ruth Maier (Harvill Secker, 2009)
• Englischer Fussball, Raphael Honigstein (Yellow Jersey Press, 2009)
• Portrait of the Mother as a Young Woman, F.C. Delius (Peirene Press, 2010)
• Love Virtually, Daniel Glattauer (MacLehose Press, 2011)∗
• The Mattress House, Paulus Hochgatterer (MacLehose Press, 2012)
• Mesmerized, Alissa Walser (MacLehose Press, 2012)
• Sea of Ink, Richard Weihe (Peirene Press, 2012)
• The Taste of Apple Seeds, Katharina Hagena (Atlantic Books, 2013)
• Every Seventh Wave, Daniel Glattauer (MacLehose Press, 2013)∗
• The Mussel Feast, Birgit Vanderbeke (Peirene Press, 2013)
• The Chef, Martin Suter (Atlantic Books, 2013)
• Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything, Daniela Krien (MacLehose Press, 2013)
• Four Meditations on Happiness, Michael Hampe (Atlantic Books, 2014)
• Look Who's Back, Timur Vermes (MacLehose Press, 2014)
• Forever Yours, Daniel Glattauer (MacLehose Press, 2014)
• Raw Material, Jörg Fauser (Clerkenwell Press, 2014)
• Schlump, Hans Herbert Grimm (Vintage Classics, 2015)

∗Jointly translated with Katharina Bielenberg

Awards

• 2014: Winner of the Schlegel-Tieck Prize (The Mussel Feast)
• 2014: Runner-up in the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (The Mussel Feast)
• 2013: Runner-up in the Schlegel-Tieck Prize (Sea of Ink)