Susan Bernofsky

Susan Bernofsky is a professor of writing and director of literary translation at Columbia in the School of the Arts Writing Program. She is currently working on a new translation of Thomas Mann’s novel The Magic Mountain for W.W. Norton.

Thomas Mann, from behind, 1930.

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What can we still learn from the The Magic Mountain?

Nov 19, 2025 / Susan Bernofsky

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