claudia max

claudia max studied literary translation at heinrich heine university in düsseldorf, specializing in english/american studies. she has been a freelance literary translator since 2008 and has translated approximately 70 works from english to date. in 2010, she became a fellow of the berlin translator's workshop, since then her work has received several grants from the german translator's fund. her translation of the novel firekeeper's daughter by angeline boulley has been nominated for the german youth literature award 2023.

she lives in berlin, but works everywhere, because what she loves most is traveling - in books and in the world. what excites her about translating is the change of worlds and genres, and she is especially happy about projects that advocate for an open society. she also loves stories about people who set out to reinvent themselves.