Ebba Segerberg
Encyclopedia
Ebba Segerberg is an academic
and translator
, noted for her translations of Swedish
literature into English
.
Segerberg is Adjunct Lecturer in Swedish at Washington University in St. Louis
, USA. She has contributed to The Dictionary of Literary Biography: 20th Century Swedish Writers.
Academia
Academia is the community of students and scholars engaged in higher education and research.-Etymology:The word comes from the akademeia in ancient Greece. Outside the city walls of Athens, the gymnasium was made famous by Plato as a center of learning...
and translator
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
, noted for her translations of Swedish
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
literature into English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
.
Segerberg is Adjunct Lecturer in Swedish at Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis is a private research university located in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1853, and named for George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all fifty U.S. states and more than 110 nations...
, USA. She has contributed to The Dictionary of Literary Biography: 20th Century Swedish Writers.
Translations
Works translated from Swedish to English include:| Title | Author | Publication year | Translation published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Let the Right One In Let the Right One In Let the Right One In , or Let Me In, is a 2004 vampire fiction novel by Swedish writer John Ajvide Lindqvist. The story centers on the relationship between a 12-year-old boy, Oskar, and a centuries-old vampire child, Eli. It takes place in Blackeberg, a working class suburb of Stockholm, in the... |
John Ajvide Lindqvist John Ajvide Lindqvist John Ajvide Lindqvist is a Swedish writer, mostly of horror novels and short stories. Ajvide Lindqvist grew up in the Stockholm suburb of Blackeberg. His debut novel Let the Right One In a romantic, social realistic vampire horror story published in 2004, enjoyed great success in Sweden and abroad... |
2004 | 2008 |
| One Step Behind One Step Behind (novel) One Step Behind is a crime novel by Swedish author Henning Mankell, the seventh in his acclaimed Inspector Wallander series.-Synopsis:... |
Henning Mankell Henning Mankell Henning Mankell is a Swedish crime writer, children's author, leftist activist and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most famous creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander.-Life and career:... |
1997 | 2003 |
| Firewall | 1998 | 2002 | |
| Before the Frost Before the Frost Before the Frost is a novel by Swedish crime-writer Henning Mankell.The main protagonist is Linda Wallander, daughter of Inspector Wallander... |
2002 | 2004 | |
| Lang | Kjell Westö Kjell Westö Kjell Westö is a Finnish author and journalist. Westö writes in Swedish.In 2006, Westö won the prestigious Finlandia Prize for his novel Där vi en gång gått. He has been long-listed for the 2007 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.- Bibliography :* Tango orange * Epitaf över Mr... |
2002 | 2006 |
| The Princess of Burundi | Kjell Eriksson Kjell Eriksson Karl Stig Kjell Eriksson is a Swedish crime-writer, author of the novels The Princess of Burundi and The Cruel Stars of the Night, the former of which was awarded the Swedish Crime Writers' Academy Best Swedish Crime Novel Award in 2002... |
2002 | 2006 |
| The Cruel Stars of the Night | 2004 | 2008 |