Laurie Thompson
Laurie Thompson (26 February 1938 – 8 June 2015) was a British academic and translator, 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.
Bibliography
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