Name Birgit Nielsen
Address P.O. Box 8,,Villa Grande ,CA 95486,USA
Telephone 707/865-1703
Fax 707/865-1619
Email birgitn@ap.net
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Languages German and English
Areas of Expertise non-fiction (social, political, history, art); fiction; stageplays andscreenplays; interview transcripts; print journalism; promotional & marketing texts
Books Translated  
Books Published
  • Poetry/Essay by Gottfried Benn, Sun & Moon Press
  • Plays (English language premiere in Los Angeles) by Dea Loher ("Leviathan"), Kerstin Specht ("Amiwiesen"), Klaus Pohl ("La Balkona Bar")
  • Film (25 non-fiction books on social/historical development, theater and entertainment in 1920s for "Invincible", produced by 43 Productions, Los Angeles, Director: Werner Herzog)
  • Script translations for Berliner Synchron GmbH (e.g. Steven Spielberg film)
  • Research assistant and dialog coach for "Pentathlon" (by Bruce Malmuth), Miramax Pictures, 1994
  • Transcripts (e.g. BBC Radio, Miramax Pictures)
  • Fiction ("Robbenfrass" and "Kaltes Fleisch" by Bernd Spaeth) for screen adaptation.

 

Author of

  • Advanced German language textbook, publ. by Crown/Random House, 1995
  • Cultural guide to California, publ. by Weingarten Verlag, 1997
  • Women & Death, 108 American Poets, publ. by Ground Torpedo Press, 1994
Additional Information Samples of my work, incl. a full list of all titles, are available upon request. Lived in England for 8 years and in California since 1990. Most interested in new, innovative, challenging fiction. My strength is dialogue.