About us

Christophe Fricker is an Associate Professor in German and Translation as well as Programme Director of the MA Translation at the University of Bristol. An award-winning poet and former founding partner of an international research and consultancy firm, his experience spans academia, creative practice and entrepreneurship. He is the German translator of a number of bestselling and highly acclaimed writers, including Nobel favourite Garielle Lutz, Jimmy Carter’s inaugural poet James Dickey, Guardian columnist Owen Jones, Atlas of Prejudice internet sensation Yanko Tsvetkov and science writer Hugh Aldersey-Williams. He is also the English translator of works by German sociologist Hartmut Rosa and the poet Matthias Politycki.