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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.

Awards

  • 2003 Swedish Academy award for introduction of Swedish culture abroad.
  • 1986 Honorary Doctor at Linköping University
  • References

    Laurie Thompson Wikipedia


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