the German Academic Exchange Service (1990–91) Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize for the translation of Heinrich von Kleist's Penthesilea (1999) The Modern Language Association’s Lois Roth Award for the translation of Hans Erich Nossack's Der Untergang (2004) The ALTA National Translation Award (2007) The Berlin Prize of the American Academy in Berlin (2008) Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize finalist (2007) References Further reading "James and Joel Agee: Like Father, Like Son?" Zwei Väter aus zwei Welten. In: Berliner Zeitung, 26. Mai 2000 Always Straight Ahead: a Memoir by Alma Neuman, Louisiana State University Press, 1993, memoir by the author's mother (third husband named Neuman) with valuable information about his life. "Joel Agee's Trip" "Ware House Hosts Joel Agee" Suzanne Munshower, "Top 10 Books About the Berlin Wall" in The Guardian, August 25, 2009. "An Interview with Joel Agee" in Compulsive Reader, January 16, 2022. External links Bio from New York Review Books page Poets & Writers Website of Joel Agee Entry for Joel Agee in Perlentaucher Leseprobe (PDF; 549 kB) from Zwölf Jahre – Eine amerikanische Jugend in Ostdeutschland (2009) on the site of Carl Hanser Verlags 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers American autobiographers American translators Writers from New York City 1940 births Living people 20th-century American essayists 21st-century American essayists American male essayists American expatriates in Mexico