Martin Simonson is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 scholar, novelist, and translator, specialized in fantastic literature and nature writing. He teaches Swedish language and literature at the University of the Basque Country

University of the Basque Country

The University of the Basque Country is the only public university in the Basque Country, in Northern Spain...

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Spain

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Simonson, who was born in Göteborg, Sweden, in 1973, holds a Ph.D. in English literature from University of the Basque Country (March 2006) that was awarded Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado.
He has written several novels and a book-length essay on The Lord of the Rings. He has also translated novels from English and Swedish into Spanish, as well as books on American history, and published many articles and chapters in books on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien

Tolkien research

The works of J. R. R. Tolkien have generated a body of academic research, studying different facets such as* Tolkien as a writer of fantasy literature* Tolkien's invented languages-As a writer:...

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He is married and has two daughters.

Academic books

• The Lord of the Rings and the Western Narrative Tradition (Walking Tree Publishers
  Walking Tree Publishers
  Walking Tree Publishers was founded in 1996 by members of the Swiss Tolkien Society with the aim of publishing the proceedings of the Cormarë conference held that year to mark the 10th anniversary of the Swiss Tolkien Society. The company is run by volunteers and on a no-profit basis, with surplus...
  
  , 2008) ISBN 978-3905703092
• (Edition, selection and introduction) J.R.R. Tolkien. Mitopoeia y mitología, Eduardo Segura Fernández, (PortalEditions Explorations, 2008) ISBN 978-8493693770
• (Edition, selection, introduction and notes) Los Cuentos de Grimm, translated by Miguel Ayerbe Linares, PortalEditions Expressions, 2010) ISBN 978-8493707538

Novels

• Golgrim's Keys (with Raúl Montero, translation into English by Joe Jenner, PortalEditions, 2008) ISBN 9788493693732
• Shadows in the Woods (translation into English by Robert Birch, PortalEditions, 2010) ISBN 9788493707521
• Anatomy of Air (with Raúl Montero, translation into English by Robert Birch, PortalEditions, 2011) ISBN 9788493924300

Translations

• El lobo rojo, original title Den Röda Vargen by Liza Marklund, (Suma de Letras, Grupo Santillana, forthcoming)
• Montecore - Un tigre único, original title Montecore - En unik tiger by Jonas Hassen Khemiri, (Miscelánea, Editorial Roca, 2011) ISBN 978-8493864422
• Una vida de lujo, original title Livet deluxe by Jens Lapidus, (Suma de Letras, Grupo Santillana, 2011) ISBN 978-8483652534
• Boardwalk Empire, original title Boardwalk Empire by Nelson Johnson, (Suma de Letras, Grupo Santillana, 2011) ISBN 978-8483652343
• The Pacific, original title The Pacific by Hugh Ambrose, (Suma de Letras, Grupo Santillana, 2011) ISBN 978-8483652107
• Nunca la Jodas, original title Aldrig Fucka Upp by Jens Lapidus, (Suma de Letras, Grupo Santillana, 2010) ISBN 978-8483651735
• Guerra de bandas 145, original title Gängkrig 145 by Jens Lapidus, (Suma de Letras, Grupo Santillana, 2010) ISBN 978-8483651926