Arthur Goldhammer

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Arthur Goldhammer (born November 17, 1946) is an American academic and translator.

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Early life

Goldhammer studied mathematics at MIT, gaining his PhD in 1973.

Career

Since 1977 he has worked as a translator. [1] He is based at the Center for European Studies at Harvard. [2] [3]

Goldhammer is a four-time winner of the French-American Foundation translation prize, [4] including for his translations of Alexis de Tocqueville's The Ancien Régime and the French Revolution and Democracy in America . [5]

Goldhammer's translation of Thomas Piketty's book Capital in the Twenty-First Century became a New York Times best-seller. [4]

Personal life

Goldhammer lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [4]

Works translated

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References

  1. Curriculum Vitae
  2. "Arthur Goldhammer". Center for European Studies Harvard. Archived from the original on 2016-12-08.
  3. Arthur Goldhammer
  4. 1 2 3 Gura, David (May 15, 2014). "Meet Thomas Piketty's translator". Marketplace. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  5. "Past winners". French-American Foundation. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  6. Tocqueville, Alexis de (2004). Democracy in America . Translated by Goldhammer, Arthur. The Library of America. ISBN   9781931082549 via Internet Archive.