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Thomas Warburton (4 March 1918 in Vaasa – 18 December 2016 in Helsinki[1][2]) was a Finnish writer, translator, and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize in 1997.[3]
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Warburton translated James Joyce's Ulysses into Swedish in 1946 and his revised translation was published in 1993.[4] He "translated two works from Swedish and also translated four of Tove Jansson's Moomin books into English – he was Jansson's publisher." He also translated Exploits of Moominpappa (1952), Moominsummer Madness (1955), Moominland Midwinter (1957), Tales from Moominvalley (1962) from Swedish to English. His start "was a subeditor and general handyman at Schildts publishers in Helsinki" and eventually became an editor and director.
References
edit- ^ Death announcement, Helsingin Sanomat, 8 January 2016, p. C 13
- ^ "Thomas Warburton in memoriam".
- ^ Kustantajat.fi Archived 2010-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [1]Dagens Nyheter 15 June 1993
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