Paul Wilson (translator)

Paul Robert Wilson (born 3 July 1941 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian translator and writer. In 1967 he moved to Czechoslovakia where he performed as a singer with The Plastic People of the Universe. Because he was a member of this group, he was expelled from Czechoslovakia in 1977.[1] This band was banned in Czechoslovakia and their recordings could not be officially released. Wilson later founded a record label Boží Mlýn and released some of their recordings in Canada.[2]

Paul Wilson
Paul Wilson (2013)
Born
Paul Robert Wilson

(1941-07-03) July 3, 1941
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
OccupationTranslator, writer

Paul Wilson later went on to become one of the major translators into English of Václav Havel's work. In 2006 he was working on a new translation of The Memorandum for the Havel Festival, which also features two of his other translations.[3] He also translated many books, such as I Served the King of England by Bohumil Hrabal, from Czech to English, and more recently Mr. Kafka and Other Tales from the Time of the Cult (2015).[4]

References
  1. Vaughan, David (23 June 2012). "Paul Wilson's Bohemian Rhapsodies". Radio.cz. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  2. Machovec, Martin (2012). "Paul Wilson - Krátká biografie". pritomnost.cz. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2006-08-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Interview with Translator Paul Wilson". wilmatheater.org. 22 April 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
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