Michael Schiffmann

Michael Schiffmann (born 1957) worked as a lecturer in linguistics, cultural studies, and business English, as well as a cultural and language scholar. He was active as a translator, editor, and author, translating around 25 books by writers including Noam Chomsky, Mahmoud Darwish, Angela Davis, Edward Said, and Mumia Abu-Jamal. His publications include *Wettlauf gegen den Tod. Mumia Abu-Jamal: ein schwarzer Revolutionär im weißen Amerika* (*A Race Against Death: Mumia Abu-Jamal, a Black Revolutionary in White America*). He also wrote or edited works about political prisoners, including Mumia Abu-Jamal and Leonard Peltier, and numerous articles on political, cultural, and linguistic subjects.