John E. Woods

JOHN E. WOODS was the distinguished translator of many books — most notably Arno Schmidt's Evening Edged in Gold, for which he won both the American Book Award for translation and the PEN Translation Prize; Patrick Süskind's Perfume, for which he again won the PEN Translation Prize in 1987; Suskind's The Pigeon and Mr. Summer's Story; Doris Dörrie's Love, Pain, and the Whole Damn Thing and What Do You Want from Me?; and Libuse Monikova's The Façade. Mr. Woods died in 2023.

Author Contributions

Adam and Evelyn

Adam and Evelyn

Ingo Schulze
One More Story

One More Story

Ingo Schulze; Translated by John E. Woods
The Magic Mountain

The Magic Mountain

Thomas Mann; Translated by John E. Woods; Introduction by A. S. Byatt
Joseph and His Brothers

Joseph and His Brothers

Thomas Mann; Translated and Introduced by John E. Woods
Doctor Faustus

Doctor Faustus

Thomas Mann, translated by John Woods
Buddenbrooks

Buddenbrooks

Thomas Mann; Translated by John Edwards; Introduction by T. J. Reed