page_title: Mirjam Pressler
section_title: Awards
hierarchical_section_title: Mirjam Pressler / Awards
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Die deutsche Schriftstellerin und Übersetzerin Mirjam Pressler und der israelische Schriftsteller Amos Oz bei der Verleihung des Preises der Leipziger Buchmesse 2015. Mirjam Pressler erhielt den "Preis der Leipziger Buchmesse" für die Übersetzung des Buches von Amos Oz: "Judas"English: German author and translator Mirjam Pressler and the Israeli author Amos Oz. Mirjam Pressler gets the "price of Leipzig book fair" for her translation of the novel "Judas" by Amos Oz.Français&#160;: L'écrivaine et traductrice allemande Mirjam Pressler et l'écrivain israélien Amos Oz. Mirjam Pressler a reçu le "Prix du Salon du livre de Leipzig" 2015 pour sa traduction de «Judas», le roman d'Amos Oz.
context_page_description: Mirjam Pressler was a German novelist and translator. Being the author of more than 30 children's and teenage books, she also translated more than 300 works by other writers from Hebrew, English, Dutch and Afrikaans. She is also known for translating a revision of Anne Frank's diary, The Diary of a Young Girl, in 1991, thus renewing its copyright.
  Born to a Jewish mother, Pressler was raised in a foster home. She studied painting at Städelschule in Frankfurt as well as English and French literary studies at LMU Munich. Before becoming a writer, she was a jeans shop retailer for eight years, who, as a single mother, raised three daughters. Later, she became a member of the PEN Centre Germany.
context_section_description: Carl Zuckmayer Medal (2001)
  Corine Literature Prize (2009)
  Buber-Rosenzweig-Medal (2013)
  Leipzig Book Fair Prize (2015) for translation of Amos Oz's Judas
  Commanders Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2018)
caption: Pressler and Amos Oz in 2015. She won the Leipzig Book Fair Prize for her translation of his novel, Judas.
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