Michael Henry Heim

Michael Henry Heim
Born(1943-01-21)January 21, 1943
Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedSeptember 29, 2012(2012-09-29) (aged 69)
Westwood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Education
Occupations
  • Literary translator
  • scholar
EmployerUniversity of California, Los Angeles (from 1972)
Spouse(s)
Priscilla Heim, née Smith
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(m. 1975)​
Children3 stepchildren

Michael Henry Heim (January 21, 1943 – September 29, 2012) was an American literary translator and scholar. He translated literature from eight languages (Russian, Czech, Serbo-Croatian, German, Dutch, French, Romanian, and Hungarian),[1] including works by Anton Chekhov, Milan Kundera, and Günter Grass. He received his doctorate in Slavic languages and literature from Harvard in 1971, and joined the faculty of UCLA the following year.[2] In 2003, he and his wife used their life savings ($734,000) to establish the PEN Translation Fund.[1][2]

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