Features
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The Finland-Swedish Literary Landscape Today
An introduction to cool Swedish titles from Finland.
by Tiia Strandén
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Beyond Moomin Valley
There is more to Tove Jansson than the Moomins. Claire Dickenson looks at the short stories and novels she wrote for adults.
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Unicorns and Witches
Charlotte Berry investigates the world of author and illustrator Irmelin Sandman Lilius.
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Who Actually Are Translaors of the Scandinavian Languages?
Ian Giles examines the impact of receptive multilingualism on practising translators and uncovers some other details about their careers.
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What's Wrong With Entertainment?
Helena Forsås-Scott examines Kerstin Ekman's Grand final i skojarbranschen and looks at why novels still matter.
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Time-Travelling Translators
Ruth Urbom reports on a 2013 literary translation workshop featuring a novel by Anna-Karin Palm.
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Strindberg Illustrated
A survey of Strindberg-inspired graphic novels and similar works, by Ruth Urbom.
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Strindberg in My Life
Author, translator and theatre director Eivor Martinus reveals her personal journey exploring Strindberg's craft.
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August Strindberg the Journalist
Agnes Broomé examines August Strindberg's career as a journalist.
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The Commemoration of the Strindberg Centenary of 1949 in Britain
Charlotte Purkis highlights 1949 as a crucial turning point for Strindberg's reputation in Britain.
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The Artist as a Young Man
Elettra Carbone explores Strindberg's representation of the young Danish sculptor Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen in his first play, 'I Rom'.
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Lotta Lotass: Experimental Author of Fiction and Drama
Eric Dickens looks at how one author tests the limits of experimentation and readability.
REPORT
Inventing an Idiolect: Report from a Workshop on Translating Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Ruth Urbom and Nichola Smalley report from an afternoon-long translation workshop that explored different strategies for translating Jonas Hassen Khemiri's vivid language into English.
ARTICLE
Selma Lagerlöf: Nils Holgersson’s Wonderful Journey
In this heartfelt essay, Paul Binding reflects upon Selma Lagerlöf’s classic The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Holgersson.
INTERVIEW
The intellectual, the individual and the state
Anna Paterson interviews Henrik Berggren on Underbara dagar framför oss, his account of Olof Palme and his times.
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The Göran Printz-Påhlson Memorial Seminar and Poetry Reading, June 2010
Sarah Death reports on a memorial day for Göran Printz-Påhlson, a Swedish poet, essayist, translator and literary critic, in Cambridge.
IN MEMORIAM
Even a Sort of Lone Ranger
Extract from a personal memoir of Göran Printz-Påhlson (3 March 1931 - 27 July 2006). Written in August 2006 and presented at the memorial event at Clare Hall, 2 June 2010.
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Care - a Nobler Form of Love
A tribute to Ragnar Thoursie (1919-2010) – poet and civil servant – who died aged 90 on 12 July 2010.
By Brita Green. Translations by Brita Green and John Charlesworth.