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Shelley Frisch @shelfrisch.bsky.social · 9d

She needed a passport after the Nazis retracted her German citizenship. Her first choice for this marriage was Isherwood, who in turn recommended Auden, claiming he'd be willing to marry her-- and he did indeed. They stayed married until Erika Mann's death.

Shelley Frisch @shelfrisch.bsky.social · 14d

Martin and I just got together in Munich a couple of weeks ago. (I'm now back in NJ, and working on the TM in California book.) I also finished translating a new biography of Hannah Arendt, by Thomas Meyer, which Penguin will publish next year.

Shelley Frisch @shelfrisch.bsky.social · 14d

Shana tovah, Gil! I *just* discovered that you did a wonderful podcast with Martin Mittelmeier about his NAPLES 1925 book, in my translation! Terrific! I'm now translating Martin's new book, HEIMWEH IM PARADIES (Homesickness in Paradise) about Thomas Mann in California, for Princeton Univ. Press.

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Shelley Frisch @shelfrisch.bsky.social · 18d

First glimpse of the cover image for my forthcoming translation of Thomas Meyer's biography of Hannah Arendt, to be pub by Penguin next year.

Germany’s latest preparation for war: A national ravioli reserve

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Sean Howe @seanhowe.bsky.social · 20d

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Aaron Wiener @aaronwiener.bsky.social · 29d

Have Germans become the slackers of Europe -- and of the entire developed world? The data certainly says so.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

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Shelley Frisch @shelfrisch.bsky.social · 29d

I taught at Bucknell in the 1970s (German, in the Modern Languages Dept., if it's still called that), and I'm sad to hear of this closure.

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Shelley Frisch @shelfrisch.bsky.social · Sep 7

Germany canning ravioli in preparation for war: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Wary of a warmongering Russia, Germany is refitting its military, buying weapons, recruiting soldiers and also contemplating new strategic reserves of canned food.

The 100th Anniversary of Critical Theory in Naples - Yale University Press

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Sep 5

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Shelley Frisch @shelfrisch.bsky.social · Aug 26

@martinmitt.bsky.social celebrates the 100th anniversary of critical theory in Naples. Martin Mittelmeier is the author of NAPLES 1925 (in my translation, pub. Yale UP).

Yale University Press @yalepress.bsky.social · Aug 20

Martin Mittelmeier, author of Naples 1925, writes about the 100th anniversary of critical theory in Naples, to the day in August 19, 1925.

Martin Mittelmeier— 100 years ago, Theodor Adorno and Siegfried Kracauer began their journey to Naples, where they met Walter Benjamin and Alfred Sohn-Rethel. This meeting transformed their way of thinking... READ MORE

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Shelley Frisch @shelfrisch.bsky.social · Jul 22

*Ours*

Shelley Frisch @shelfrisch.bsky.social · Jul 22

The German word for mnemonic device is Eselsbrücke-- "bridge for asses." Comes from the Latin, and there are similar loan translations into other languages. Our sounds less belittling, but its spelling is a challenge for some...

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Shelley Frisch @shelfrisch.bsky.social · May 15

Congratulations to translator Paul Reitter!! www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/ku...

www.goethe.de

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Shelley Frisch @shelfrisch.bsky.social · May 2

This year's Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize shortlist! www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/ku...

Shortlist 2025 - Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize - Goethe-Institut USALogo Goethe-Institut

www.goethe.de

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Shelley Frisch @shelfrisch.bsky.social · Apr 22

My son Aaron has a new post at the Washington Post! www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2025/04/2...

Aaron Wiener named Berlin Bureau Chief

Shelley Frisch @shelfrisch.bsky.social · Apr 3

Ooh, will you be speaking in our translation lunch series? It'll be wonderful to see you again in the fall, now on my home turf!

Federal workers told to report to faraway offices—with days’ notice

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Aaron Wiener @aaronwiener.bsky.social · Mar 14

Some federal workers have been informed in the past two days that under Trump's return-to-office mandate, they have until *Monday* to report to offices that in some cases are hundreds of miles away.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Some government employees were told this week that they have until Monday to report to offices that in some cases are hundreds of miles away.

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Shelley Frisch @shelfrisch.bsky.social · Mar 12

Would you consider adding translators to your mission statement in the listing of book people? I could imagine that many of us would like to join in.

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Shelley Frisch @shelfrisch.bsky.social · Mar 11

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David Bather Woods @davidbatherwoods.bsky.social · Feb 10

New! Been waiting to get my hands on this one…

Naples 1925: Adorno, Benjamin, and the Summer that Made Critical Theory by Martin Mittelmeier, translated from the German by Shelley Frisch

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Shelley Frisch @shelfrisch.bsky.social · Mar 11

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Niels Joaquin @nielsj.bsky.social · Mar 9

Finished Naples 1925: Adorno, Benjamin, and the Summer That Made Critical Theory, by Martin Mittelmeier. I had almost no foundational background to read this, but it was a good overture for someone in my position, and now's a good time to start!

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Shelley Frisch @shelfrisch.bsky.social · Jan 23

Here's the set of submissions for this year's Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize-- an exciting group of German-to-English translations published in 2024! www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/ku...

Submissions 2025

These titles, all published in the USA or Canada in 2024, were submitted for consideration for this year's Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize.

www.goethe.de

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Shelley Frisch @shelfrisch.bsky.social · Jan 10

Two of the "good nine" are my senators (from New Jersey).