Patricia Crampton
Patricia Crampton is a noted British translator of children's literature.[1] She studied at Oxford University and served as a translator at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. She translated over 200 children's books and over 50 adult novels, winning many awards in the process.
Among her notable translations are:
- Ronia, the Robber's Daughter by Astrid Lindgren - winner of the Mildred L. Batchelder Award for Children's Literature in Translation (1984)[2]
- Marbot by Wolfgang Hildesheimer - winner of the Schlegel-Tieck Prize (1984)
- No Hero for the Kaiser by Rudolph Frank - winner of the Mildred L. Batchelder Award for Children's Literature in Translation (1987)
- The Final Journey by Gudrun Pausewang - winner of the Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation (1999)
- The Ra Expeditions by Thor Heyerdahl
- No Roof in Bosnia by Els de Groen