Editing Death in Venice (section)

==English translations==
An English translation by [[Kenneth Burke]] was published in periodical form in ''[[The Dial]]'' in 1924 over three issues (vol. LXXVI, March to May, issues # 3–5, Camden, NJ, USA). This translation was published in book form the following year by [[Alfred A. Knopf]] as ''Death in Venice and Other Stories''. [[W. H. Auden]] called it the definitive translation, but it is unclear to what other translations Auden was comparing it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.editoreric.com/greatlit/books/Death-in-Venice-translations.html|title=Death in Venice: Translations—The Greatest Literature of All Time|website=www.editoreric.com|accessdate=28 April 2024}}</ref>

[[Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter|Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter's]] authorized translation, published in 1922 in Mann's ''Stories of Three Decades'',<ref>[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.124817/page/n15/mode/2up ''Stories of Three Decades''], London: [[Martin Secker]] & Warburg, Ltd., 1922. The first American edition of ''Stories of Three Decades'' was published by [[Alfred A. Knopf]] in 1936.</ref> has been less well received by critics due to Lowe-Porter's treatment of sexuality and homoeroticism.{{Sfn|Buck|2001|pp=240–244}} In the ''Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation'' it is criticized for its "puritanism", which saw Lowe-Porter "tone down Mann's treatment of sexuality, especially homoeroticism". The author considers the result "disastrous" and sees "a reworked, sanitized version of the text" by Mann.{{Sfn|France|2000|pp=[https://archive.org/details/oxfordguidetolit00pete/page/333 333–334]}}

A translation published in 2005 by [[Michael Henry Heim]] won the [[Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize]].

Other English translations include those by [[David Luke]] (1988), Clayton Koelb (1994), Stanley Applebaum (1995), [[Joachim Neugroschel]] (1998), Martin C. Doege (2010), and [[Damion Searls]] (2023). [[Lesley Chamberlain]] writes that her translation of ''Death in Venice'' in be published in 2026.<ref>[https://www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-features/letters-to-the-editor/history-wars ''TLS'' Letters to the Editor, December 20 / 27, 2024]</ref>