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Paterson, Anna (Anna Tora), 1942- (Nombre personal)

Preferred form: Paterson, Anna (Anna Tora), 1942-

Formerly on undifferentiated record no 99010324

The forest of hours, 1998: t.p. (Anna Paterson) jkt. (literary translator; also writes on medicine, science and the environment)

Scotland's landscape, c2002: t.p. (Anna Paterson)

The chosen ones, 2016: CIP t.p. (Anna Paterson)

e-mail fr. author via P. Chu, Farrar Straus and Giroux contractor, 2015-12-21: ("Dob: 29 June 1942; Middle name: Tora; country of residence: Great Britain (Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK); My translation work is in the main a post-retirement occupation and I free-lance, i.e. have no organisational affiliation other than my 'trade union', the UK Translators Association; The two books about Afghanistan are not by me but the book about Scotland's environment is; I am the author of Scotland's Landscape: Endangered Icon. (book) Polygon/EUP, Edinburgh 2002; I am the translator of: Downfall by Per Olov Enquist. Quartet, London 1990; Captain Nemo's Library by Per Olov Enquist. Quartet, London 1992; Forest of Hours by Kerstin Ekman. Chatto & Windus, 1998 (Prize for Literary Translation, 2000); Inge & Mira (2001) and Elisabeth's Daughter by Marianne Fredriksson (2002). Orion Books, London; The Road to Jerusalem (vol. 1) and Knight Templar (vol. 2) by Jan Guillou. Orion Books, London 2002; The House in Istria by Richard Swartz. New Directions, New York 2002; Playing with Fire by Henning Mankell. Allen & Unwin, Melbourne 2003 (short-listed for Marsh Award 2005); Thoughts about Time by Bodil Jönsson. Constable & Robinson, London 2003; Missing by Karin Alvtegen. Canongate, Edinburgh 2003; Camera by Eva-Marie Liffner. Harvill, London 2004; The Beast by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström. TimeWarner UK, 2005; The Exception by Christian Jungersen (Danish).Weidenfeldt & Nicholson, 2006 & Doubleday (New York), 2007; Branching Wide by Geir Pollen (Norwegian). Norske Skog/Gyldendal, 2007; In Honor of Fadime: Murder and Shame by Unni Wikan (Norwegian). University of Chicago Press, 2008; The Fury of the Fire by Henning Mankell. Allen and Unwin, 2009; Power for Generations. Statkraft and the role of the state in Norwegian electrification by Dag Ove Skjold (Norwegian). Oslo University Press, 2009; Stillness of the Sea by Nicol Ljubić (German). Vagabond Voices, 2011; Fire by Sara B Elfgren & Mats Strndberg (Eld; from Swedish). Hammer Books, 2013. Pbk.; The Key by Sara B Elfgren & Mats Strndberg (Nyckeln; from Swedish). Hammer Books, 2015. Pbk.; The Strange Case of Thomas Quick by Dan Josefsson (Mannen som slutade ljuga; from Swedish). Granta/ Portobello Books, September 2015; The Chosen Ones by Steve Sem-Sandberg (De utvalda, from Swedish). Faber, November 2015")