Arthur Goldhammer (born November 17, 1946) is an American academic and translator.

Early life

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Goldhammer studied mathematics at MIT, gaining his PhD in 1973.

Career

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Since 1977 he has worked as a translator.[1] He is based at the Center for European Studies at Harvard.[2][3]

Goldhammer is a four-time winner of the French-American Foundation translation prize,[4] including for his translations of Alexis de Tocqueville's The Ancien Régime and the French Revolution and Democracy in America.[5]

Goldhammer's translation of Thomas Piketty's book Capital in the Twenty-First Century became a New York Times best-seller.[4]

Personal life

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Goldhammer lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[4]

Works translated

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References

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  1. ^ "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  2. ^ "Arthur Goldhammer". Center for European Studies Harvard. Archived from the original on 2016-12-08.
  3. ^ "Arthur Goldhammer". Archived from the original on 2014-05-28. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  4. ^ a b c Gura, David (May 15, 2014). "Meet Thomas Piketty's translator". Marketplace. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  5. ^ "Past winners". French-American Foundation. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  6. ^ Tocqueville, Alexis de (2004). Democracy in America. Translated by Goldhammer, Arthur. The Library of America. ISBN 9781931082549 – via Internet Archive.
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