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You may think you’ve never read anything by Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter, but if you’ve read any Thomas Mann, there’s a good chance you’ve seen her handiwork. Lowe-Porter was a writer and translator whose greatest (but largely unsung) success came in the form of translating 22 monumental works by the German literary giant. Her English translations of Mann’s work proved pivotal in his being awarded the Nobel Prize in 1929. A new novel tells her hidden story, and its author, Jo Salas (who has family ties to the translator) joins us in this episode to discuss Lowe-Porter’s triumphs and tribulations.
Mentioned in this episode:
Mrs. Lowe-Porter by Jo Salas
Dancing with Diana by Jo Salas
Charlotte Endymion Porter
Poet Lore
Elias Lowe
Alfred and Blanche Knopf
Thomas Mann
Audible audiobook of Lowe-Porter’s translation of Buddenbrooks
Lowe-Porter’s translation of The Magic Mountain
Lowe-Porter’s translation of Death in Venice
Lowe-Porter’s tranlsation of Dr. Faustus
“Abdication Or, All is True” by Helen Lowe-Porter
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You may think you’ve never read anything by Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter, but if you’ve read any Thomas Mann, there’s a good chance you’ve seen her handiwork. Lowe-Porter was a writer and translator whose greatest (but largely unsung) success came in the form of translating 22 monumental works by the German literary giant. Her English translations of Mann’s work proved pivotal in his being awarded the Nobel Prize in 1929. A new novel tells her hidden story, and its author, Jo Salas (who has family ties to the translator) joins us in this episode to discuss Lowe-Porter’s triumphs and tribulations.
Mentioned in this episode:
Mrs. Lowe-Porter by Jo Salas
Dancing with Diana by Jo Salas
Charlotte Endymion Porter
Poet Lore
Elias Lowe
Alfred and Blanche Knopf
Thomas Mann
Audible audiobook of Lowe-Porter’s translation of Buddenbrooks
Lowe-Porter’s translation of The Magic Mountain
Lowe-Porter’s translation of Death in Venice
Lowe-Porter’s tranlsation of Dr. Faustus
“Abdication Or, All is True” by Helen Lowe-Porter
Support the show
For episodes and show notes, visit:
LostLadiesofLit.com
Subscribe to our substack newsletter.
Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit.
Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast

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