“What set Mr. Heim apart from many prominent translators was the wide array of languages with which he worked. Conversant with a dozen tongues, he translated from eight of them … He was known in particular for his translations of [Milan] Kundera’s novels,” as well as two major volumes by Günter Grass; he won a top award for his translation of Mann’s Death in Venice.
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How Did Rebecca‘s Financing Get So Weird? Commission Payments
“The financially troubled stockbroker who appears to have played a role in the real-life crime drama that scuttled the Broadway musical Rebecca was to receive a commission on the $4.5 million that he was said to be raising for the show, an unusual arrangement in modern theater financing.”