Willa Muir

Willa Muir
Black and white portrait photograph of Willa Muir
Willa Muir in 1967
Born(1890-03-13)13 March 1890
Montrose, Angus, Scotland
Died22 May 1970(1970-05-22) (aged 80)
Dunoon, Scotland
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • essayist
  • translator
LanguageEnglish
NationalityScottish
Alma materUniversity of St Andrews
GenreFiction, novel, short story, essay
Literary movementModernism
Notable worksImagined Corners, Mrs Ritchie, Women: An Inquiry, The Trial (translator)
Notable awardsJohann-Heinrich-Voß-Preis für Übersetzung award

Willa Muir (née Anderson; 13 March 1890 – 22 May 1970), also known as Agnes Neill Scott, was a Scottish novelist, essayist and translator.[1] She was the major part of a translation partnership with her husband, Edwin Muir. She and her husband translated the works of many notable German-speaking authors including Franz Kafka. In 1958, Willa and Edwin Muir were granted the first Johann-Heinrich-Voss Translation Award.

  1. ^ Beth Dickson, British women writers : a critical reference guide edited by Janet Todd. New York : Continuum, 1989. ISBN 0804433348; (p. 487-9).