Rainer G. Schmidt

Rainer G. Schmidt was born in the Saarland in 1950 and worked as a translator. Beginning in 1978, he translated Arthur Rimbaud’s complete works into German. He also translated works by Herman Melville, Wallace Stevens, Joseph Conrad, Victor Hugo, Victor Segalen, and Henri Michaux. His work received numerous awards, including the Paul Celan Prize. Schmidt died on April 9, 2025.