Claudia Max studied literary translation at Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf, majoring in English and American studies. She has been a freelance literary translator since 2008 and has translated around 80 titles from English to date. In 2010, she was a fellow at the Berliner Übersetzerwerkstatt. Her work has been recognized multiple times with fellowships from the German Translators' Fund. The novel Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley, which she translated, was nominated for the 2023 German Youth Literature Award.
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.
–– reading is where the wild things are.
jeanette winterson, why be happy when you could be normal
