Erika Tophoven

Erika Tophoven, born in Dessau, worked as a freelance translator from French and English from 1957 onward. She translated works by, among others, Samuel Beckett, Hélène Cixous, Ágota Kristóf, Nathalie Sarraute, Victor Segalen, and Georges Simenon. She also published several books about Samuel Beckett, with whom she maintained a close personal relationship in Paris.