Sigrid Lotfi
German-born Iranian translator (1921–2014)
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Sigrid Lotfi (born Sigrid Gogarten; 28 July 1921 – 29 September 2014) was a German-born Iranian translator and writer. She is known for translating works of contemporary Persian literature into German.[1][2] Lotfi played a significant role in introducing modern Iranian fiction to German-speaking audiences.[3]
Life and career
Sigrid Gogarten was born on 28 July 1921, in Germany. She held a doctorate in Russian language and literature from the University of Göttingen, in Göttingen, Germany.[1] She was married in the 1950s to Mohammad Hassan Lotfi Tabrizi (1919–1999), a noted Iranian translator of the works of Plato and Plotinus.[4] Lotfi lived in Iran for over 60 years.[1]
Books translated
- Dowlatabadi, Mahmoud (1 January 1996). Der leere Platz von Ssolutsch [The Empty Square of Soluch] (in German). Sigrid Lotfi (translator). Taschenbuch. ISBN 9783293200814.[5]
- Dowlatabadi, Mahmoud (1 January 2017). Kelidar (in German). Sigrid Lotfi (translator). Unionsverlag. ISBN 9783293207844.; first translated in 1999 by Lotfi[6]
