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Laurie Thompson (26 February 1938 – 8 June 2015) was a British academic and translator,[1] noted for his translations of Swedish literature into English.

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.[2]

Bibliography

• Quicksand by Henning Mankell, 2016 [3]
• The Man from Beijing by Henning Mankell, 2010
• Italian Shoes by Henning Mankell, 2009
• The Mind's Eye by Håkan Nesser, 2008
• 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 Edwardson, 2006
• Sun and Shadow by Åke Edwardson, 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 Jorner, 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

Awards

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

References

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