Flatter, Richard, 1891-1960

Richard Flatter was born in Vienna in 1891. He was well-known as a translator of Shakespearean sonnets and plays, and was the author of several works on the subject. Flatter emigrated to England in 1938, and was later deported to Australia, where he was held in an internment camp. Following the end of World War Two, Flatter lived in the USA before returning to Vienna in 1953. He died in 1960.

From the guide to the Flatter, Dr Richard, 1957, (Senate House Library, University of London)