Let's make this birthday one to remember.

85 years old (Born on March 06, 1940)

Happy birthday to the remarkable Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, whose translations have given us Walter Benjamin and Friedrich Hölderlin so masterfully rendered they're practically rockstar poetry. Your skillful pen has somehow made German philosophy sparkle with wit and elegance—an achievement we believe deserves another cake slice (or three)!

Here’s a toast to your continued literary triumphs! May this year bring even more brilliant translations that neither time nor scholars can fully decipher. You truly show us all it takes is one talented translator's nerves of steel—and encyclopedic dictionaries—to make our heads spin delightfully forevermore. Happy Birthday, Philippe, philosopher extraordinaire!