Laurie Thompson

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Laurie Thompson is a British academic and translator, born in York, England, and lived in northern Sweden for a few years, noted for his translations of Swedish literature into English. He is the former editor (1983-2002) of the Swedish Book Review, and former lecturer at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and the University of Wales, Lampeter.

[edit] Bibliography

• Kennedy's Brain, by Henning Mankell, 2007
• The Return by Håkan Nesser, 2007
• Frozen Tracks by Åke Edwardson, 2007
• Shadows in the twilight by Henning Mankell, 2007
• Borkmann's Point by Håkan Nesser, 2006
• The Man Who Smiled by Henning Mankell, 2006
• Depths by Henning Mankell, 2006
• Playing, writing, wrestling, six Swedish writers, 2006
• Never End by Åke Edwarson, 2006
• Sun and Shadow by Åke Edwarson, 2005
• A bridge to the stars by Henning Mankell, 2005
• Art goes underground, Art in the Stockholm metro, 2004
• I die, but the memory lives on by Henning Mankell, 2004
• The Return of the Dancing Master by Henning Mankell, 2003
• Popular music from Vittula by Mikael Niemi, 2003
• The dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell, 2001
• Night watch by Malin Lindroth, 2000
• After the campfires by Per Jörner, 1999
• The White Lioness by Henning Mankell, 1998
• Johnny, my friend by Peter Pohl, 1991
• Swedish state cultural policy, 1990
• Pithy poems by Stig Dagerman, 1989
• The black period of Adalbert, 1988
• Stig Dagerman, 1983
• Swedish proses, 1982
• People and places, 1969

[edit] Awards

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