Contact info
- Residence
Storbritannien
Languages
- Mother tongue
English
- Translates from
Finnish, Finland Swedish
- Translates to
English
- Other language skills
Danish, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Russian, Swedish
Education
- Academic degree
M.A. (Hons.), Ph.D., Edinburgh University, 1966 and 1971 (Russian with German)
Translations
- Interests and specialisation
Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Crime/detective, Music, Philosophy, Psychology, Publishing
- List of translations
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Axel. Carcanet, 1989. Original title: Axel by Bo Carpelan. Genre: Prose.
Complete Poems. Bloodaxe, 1984, 1992. Original title: Samlade dikter by Edith Södergran. Genre: Poetry.
Ice Around Our Lips - 10 Finland-Swedish Poets. Bloodaxe, 1987. Original title: N/A by Several authors. Genre: Poetry.
A Valley in the Midst of Violence. Bloodaxe, 1994. Original title: En dal i våldet by Gösta Ågren. Genre: Poetry.
Homecoming. Carcanet, 1993. Original title: Den svala dagen (1961), Gården(1969) and År som löv (1989) by Bo Carpelan. Genre: Poetry.
Selected Writings. Bloodaxe, 1997. Original title: N/A by Mirjam Tuominen. Genre: Poetry.
Snow Leopard. Bloodaxe, 1997. Original title: Snöleopard by Tua Forsström. Genre: Poetry.
I Studied Once At A Wonderful Faculty. Bloodaxe, 2006. Original title: Snōleopard, Parkerna, Efter att ha tillbringat en natt bland hästar by Tua Forsström. Genre: Poetry. translation of "Efter att ha tillbringat" is by Stina Katchadourian
One Evening in October I Rowed Out on the Lake. Bloodaxe, 2015. Original title: En kväll i oktober rodde jag ut på sjön by Tua Forsström. Genre: Poetry.
The Moomins and the Great Flood. Sort of Books, 2012. Original title: Småtrollen och den stora översvämningen by Tove Jansson. Genre: Poetry.
Dark Paradise. Dalkey Archive Press, 2007. Original title: Tyhjän tien paratiisit by Rosa Liksom. Genre: Prose.
The Beggar and the Hare. Short Books, 2014. Original title: Kerjäläinen ja jänis by Tuomas Kyrō. Genre: Prose.
Tove Jansson - Work and Love. Particular Books, 2014. Original title: Tove Jansson: Tee työtä ja rakasta by Tuula Karjalainen. Genre: Non-fiction.
How to Address the Fog: XXV Finnish Poems 1978-2002. Carcanet, 2005. Original title: N/A by Various, ed. Anni Sumari. Genre: Poetry. co-translated with Donald Adamson and Robin Fulton
- Now translating
Anteckningar by Tua Forsström
I will be pleased to write reader’s reports.
Uppdaterad:
18.6.2019