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  Voss
 novel
Author: White, Patrick (a.k.a. Patrick Victor Martindale White )

General subjects:
Setting:
Awards:
  • W.H. Smith Literary Award (UK), 1959: winner
  • Miles Franklin Literary Award, 1957: winner
Influenced by:
Other Formats: Also braille and sound recording.
Related To:
Notes:
  • Dedication: For Marie d'Estournelles de Constant
  • In a letter to Hu Wenzhong, White refers to a Russian edition, but this has not been traced.
This work has appeared in at least 22 different versions:
1.
Publications of this version include the following 11:
 
  
New York (City), New York (State), United States of America (USA) : Viking, 1957.
Extent: 442p.
Reprinted: 1974
Notes:
  • First published in August 1957. Reprinted twice.
 
 
  
London, England : Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1957.
Extent: 478p.
Reprinted: 1962, 1968
Notes:
  • First published 3 December 1957. Reprinted three times in 1958.
 
 
  
Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Macmillan, 1957.
Extent: 442p.
 
 
  
London, England : The Book Society and Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1957.
Extent: 478p.
 
 
  
London, England : Readers Union and Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1959.
Extent: 478p.
 
 
  
Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England : Penguin, 1960.
Extent: 448p.
Notes:
  • Reprinted twenty-one times by 1993.
 
 
  
London, England : Longmans, 1965.
Extent: 410p.
Notes:
  • Heritage of literature series. Section B, Modern classics ; no.
  • Introduction and notes by H.P. Heseltine.
Series:
 
 
  
New York (City), New York (State), United States of America (USA) : Pyramid Books Inc., 1968.
Extent: 430p.
 
 
  
New York (City), New York (State), United States of America (USA) : Avon Books, 1975.
Extent: 445p.
 
 
  
London, England : Jonathan Cape, 1980.
ISBN: 022401773X
Extent: 478p.
 
 
  
London, England : Vintage, 1994.
ISBN: 0099324717
Extent: 478p.
2.
Alternative title: Voss : Roman
Language:  German
Translator: Stickforth, John
Publications of this version include the following 4:
 
  
Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1958.
Extent: 451p.
Reprinted: 1973
 
 
  
Reinbek, Germany : Rowohlt, 1973.
ISBN: 3499117606
Extent: 450p.
 
 
  
Stuttgart, Germany : Deutscher Bucherbund, [1974].
Extent: 510p.
 
 
  
Leipzig, Germany : Reclam, 1987.
ISBN: 3379000892
Extent: 470p.
3.
Alternative title: Tierra Ignota
Language:  Spanish
Translator: Guasp, Nadal
Publications of this version include the following 2:
 
  
Barcelona, Spain : Caralt, 1962.
Extent: 377p.
 
 
  
Madrid, Spain : Club Internacional del Libro, 1992.
Extent: 377p.
4.
Alternative title: L'Esploratore
Language:  Italian
Translator: Jahier, Piero
Publications of this version include the following 2:
 
  
Torino, Piedmont, Italy : Einaudi, 1965.
Extent: 433p.
Reprinted: 1974
 
 
  
Rome, Italy : UTET, 1974.
ISBN: 8802027366
Extent: 680p.
5.
Language:  French
Translator: Tranec, Lola
 
  
Paris, France : Gallimard, 1967.
Extent: 461p.
6.
Alternative title: Posu
Language:  Korean
Translator: Kim Yong-sik Yok
 
  
Soul T'ukpyolsi, South Korea : Hansin Munhwasa, 1973.
Extent: 422p.
7.
Alternative title: Col : (Voss)
Language:  Turkish
Translators: Seden, Ali; Bergin, Azize
Publications of this version include the following 2:
 
  
Istanbul, Turkey : Siralar Matbaasi, 1974.
Extent: 528p.
 
 
  
Istanbul, Turkey : Altin Kitaplar, 1983.
Extent: 501p.
8.
Language:  Croatian
Translator: Kataliniac, Josip
 
  
Zagreb, Croatia : Znanje, 1974.
Extent: 438p.
9.
Alternative title: Bosu : Osutoraria tankenka no monogatari
Language:  Japanese
Translator: Ochi, Michio
 
  
Tokyo, Honshu, Japan : Saimaru Shuppankai, 1975.
Extent: 2 vols.
Reprinted: 1997
10.
Alternative title: Kohti mantereen syndanta
Language:  Finnish
Translator: Nousiainen, Jussi
 
  
Helsinki, Finland : Otawa, 1977.
Extent: 426p.
11.
Language:  Czech
Translator: Tvarozek, Eduard V.
Publications of this version include the following 2:
 
  
Bratislava, Slovakia : Vavrin, 1977.
Extent: 488p.
 
 
  
Alternative title: Poust Johanna Vosse
Prague, Czech Republic : Svoboda, 1980.
Extent: 428p.
12.
Language:  Polish
Translator: Skibniewska, Maria
Publications of this version include the following 2:
 
  
Warsaw, Poland : Paanstwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1979.
ISBN: 8370792170
Extent: 457p.
 
 
  
Warsaw, Poland : Muza, 1993.
Extent: 576p.
13.
Language:  Dutch
Translator: Goluke, Guido
Publications of this version include the following 2:
 
  
Amsterdam, Netherlands : Uitgeverij de Arbeiderspers, 1982.
Extent: 537p.
 
 
  
Amsterdam, Netherlands : Atlas Press, 2000.
ISBN: 9045007614
Extent: 509p.
14.
Language:  Swedish
Translator: Martinell, Ingeg Ard
 
  
Stockholm, Sweden : Forum, 1983.
ISBN: 9137082027
Extent: 521p.
15.
Language:  Portuguese
Translator: Britto, Paulo Henriques
 
  
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil : Nova Fronteira, [1985].
Extent: 476p.
16.
Alternative title: Vos
Language:  Macedonian
Translator: Serafimov, Sveto
 
  
Skopje, Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic) : Misla, 1986.
Extent: 535p.
17.
Language:  Turkish
Translator: Yeaeginobali, Nihal
Publications of this version include the following 2:
 
  
Istanbul, Turkey : Cem Yayinevi, 1990.
ISBN: 975406220X
Extent: 552p.
 
 
  
Istanbul, Turkey : Literatur, 2006.
Extent: 590p.
18.
Alternative title: Vos : spude peripeteia kai ton erota
Language:  Greek
Translator: Karales, Vrasidas (a.k.a. Karalis, Vrasidas )
 
  
Athens, Greece : Ekdoseis Kanake, 1990.
ISBN: 9607420144
Extent: 580p.
Reprinted: 1995
19.
Language:  Hebrew
Translator: Birman, Avrahan
 
  
Tel-Aviv, Israel : Zmora-Bitan, 1990.
Extent: 437p.
20.
Alternative title: Tan xian jia wo si
Language:  Chinese
Translators: Hu, Wenzhong; Liu, Shoukang
Publications of this version include the following 2:
 
  
Beijing, China : Wai Guo Wen Xue Chu Ban She, 1991.
ISBN: 7501600899
Extent: 520p.
 
 
  
Nanjing, China : Yilin Publishing House, 2000.
ISBN: 7806570330
Extent: 479p.
Reprinted: 2002
21.
Language:  Malay
Translator: Ajikik, Penterjemah
 
  
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 1995.
ISBN: 9836247602
Extent: 753p.
22.
Language:  Estonian
Translator: Jurisalu, Vilma
 
  
Tallinn, Estonia : Kirjastus "Eesti Raamat", 1997.
Extent: 456p.
AustLit BRN: 1889
Last amended: ch 28 Mar 2008
First known date: 1957
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