John Brownjohn

John Maxwell Brownjohn (11 April 1929 – 6 January 2020) was a British literary translator. 
Career.
John Brownjohn translated more than 160 books, and won the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for German translation three times and the Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize once. 
Film.
Brownjohn also collaborated with the filmmaker Roman Polanski on "Tess" (1979), "Pirates" (1986), "Bitter Moon" (1992), "The Ninth Gate" (1999) and "The Pianist" (2002).
Personal life.
Brownjohn was born in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. He died in January 2020 at the age of 90.