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(1943-2012) Literary translator. Michael Henry Heim was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California.

Full Name

Michael Henry Heim

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


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Mr. Heim graduated from Curtis High School on Staten Island, New York.

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Mr. Heim received a bachelor's degree at Columbia University.

1943

BIRTH

Michael Henry Heim was born in Manhattan, New York, on January 21, 1943.

1965

LITWORK

Death in Venice
Knopf

Novella by Thomas Mann, translated by Mr. Heim.

1969

LITWORK

The Joke: A Novel of Czechoslovakia Today
Coward-McCann

Novel, written by Milan Kundera, translated by Mr. Heim.

1973

LITWORK

The Letters Of Anton Chekov
University of California PressHarper & Row

Nonfiction, edited by Simon Karlinsky, translated by Mr. Heim.

1976

LITWORK

Contemporary Czech
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures of the University of Michigan

A guide to the Czech language.

1980

LITWORK

The Book Of Laughter And Forgetting


Novel by Milan Kundera, translated by Mr. Heim.

1984

LITWORK

The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Harper & Row
0060152583 / 978-0060152581
Novel, written by Milan Kundera, translated by Mr. Heim.

1985

LITWORK

Jacques And His Master
Harper Perennial
0060912227 / 978-0060912222
Play, written by Milan Kundera, translated by Mr. Heim.

1989

LITWORK

Encyclopedia of the Dead
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374148260 / 978-0374148263
Collection of stories, written by Danilo Kis, translated by Mr. Heim.

1994

LITWORK

Chekhov: The Essential Plays
Bantam Classics
0553214276 / 978-0553214277
Plays, written by Anton Chekhov, translated by Mr. Heim.

2002

LITWORK

Prague Tales
Central European University Press
9639116238 / 978-9639116238
Stories, written by Jan Neruda, translated by Mr. Heim.

2012

DEATH

Michael Henry Heim died at his home in Los Angeles, California, on September 29, 2012.

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