Jonathan Raban

Jonathan Raban ( born June 14, 1942 in Norfolk, England ) is a British writer.

Life and work

Raban studied at the university in Kingston upon Hull. He now lives in Seattle. Raban is primarily known as a travel writer. Here, an intense portrayal of the history and landscape he succeeds. He also writes for The New York Review of Books, The Guardian and The Independent. The writer has received numerous literary awards, including the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Heinemann Award of the Royal Society of Literature, the PEN / West Creative Nonfiction Award, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers ' Award and the Governor's Award of the State of Washington.

Works

Translated into German are:

  • Mississippi: A Novel of a journey. List, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-471-78540- X.
  • God, man and Mrs. Thatcher: A critical examination of Mrs. Thatcher's speech before the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Steidl, Göttingen 1990, ISBN 3-88243-148-2.
  • New World: An American Journey. From the English by Hans -Jürgen Heckler, List, Munich, 1991, ISBN 3-471-78548-5.
  • Bad Land: An American Adventure. Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt 1999, ISBN 3-458-16967-9.
  • Passage to Juneau: . From the English by Sabine Hedinger. Mare - Buchverl. , Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-936384-82-7.

External links and sources

  • Literature by and about Jonathan Raban in the catalog that German national library
  • Paul Ingendaay: It is better to experience everything yourself. His works are a mix of logbook, autobiography and narrated cultural history. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of 11 April 2012, p 32
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