Damion Searls is an American writer and translator. He grew up in New York and studied at Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley. He translates literary works from German, Norwegian, French, Dutch, and Faroese. Among the authors he has translated are Marcel Proust, Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke, Robert Walser, Ingeborg Bachmann, Hermann Hesse, Kurt Schwitters, Peter Handke, Jon Fosse, Heike B. Görtemaker, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Max Weber, and Nescio. He has received numerous grants and fellowships for his translations. In 2026, Granta reported that Searls is co-translating Jens Pauli Heinesen's The Driftwood Man from Faroese.
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Aliss at the Fire
Det er Ales by Jon Fosse
English · Dalkey Archive Press · 2010
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Sundays in August
Dimanches d'août by Patrick Modiano
English · Yale University Press · 2017
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Scenes from a Childhood
Prosa frå ein oppvekst by Jon Fosse
English · Fitzcaraldo Editions · 2018
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Marshlands
Paludes by André Gide
English · NYRB · 2020
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Septology
Det andre namnet – Septologien I-II by Jon Fosse
English · Transit Books · 2023
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A Shining
Kvitleik by Jon Fosse
English · Transit Books · 2023
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Morning & Evening
Morgon og kveld by Jon Fosse
English · Deep Vellum · 2024
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Vaim
Vaim by Jon Fosse
English · Transit Books · 2025
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Melancholy I & II
Melancholia II by Jon Fosse
English · Dalkey Archive · 2026
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Vaim Hotel
Vaim Hotel by Jon Fosse
English · Transit Books · 2026
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