Pomerans, Arnold J(ulius) 1920–2005
Pomerans, Arnold J(ulius) 1920–2005
OBITUARY NOTICE—See index for CA sketch: Born April 27, 1920, in Königsberg (now Kaliningrad), East Prussia (now Russia); died May 30, 2005, in Polstead, Suffolk, England. Translator and author. Pomerans was considered a highly accomplished translator of works from a variety of European languages into English. Born in what was then East Prussia, he spent part of his childhood in Berlin and in Yugoslavia. When his family moved to South Africa, he attended the University of South Africa, later earning a B.S. in 1956. Having studied science in school, Pomerans went on to teach physics and chemistry in England grammar schools. However, he grew to dislike teaching and decided instead to employ his considerable language skills as a professional translator. Fluent in many languages, including German, Italian, Spanish, Flemish, French, and Dutch, he translated books on subjects such as politics, science, history, biography, and psychology, as well as fiction for adults and children. Among his particular interests were Dutch books and psychology, and he received special praise from Anna Freud for his work translating writings by her father, psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. Among the other authors whose works he translated were Jean Piaget, Ann Frank, Vincent Van Gogh, and Werner Heisenberg.
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Independent (London, England), June 16, 2005, p. 39.
Times (London, England), July 5, 2005, p. 53.