Name Laurie Thompson Role Translator | Died 2015 | |
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Books Scaffolding Science Inquiry Through Lesson Design, Be Gentle with Baby Nominations CWA International Dagger, Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation Similar People Hakan Nesser, Mikael Niemi, Henning Mankell |
Laurie thompson
Laurie Thompson (26 February 1938 – 8 June 2015) was a British academic and translator, noted for his translations of Swedish literature into English.
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Thompson was born in York, England, and lived in northern Sweden for a few years. He was the editor of Swedish Book Review between 1983 and 2002, and a lecturer at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and the University of Wales, Lampeter.
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