Robin Fulton
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Robin Fulton is a Scottish poet
and translator. He has lived in Stavanger
, Norway
, since 1973 working as a university lecturer- Fulton holds a PhD
from Edinburgh University.
He has published own collections and several translations of Scandinavian poetry into English, e.g. Olav H. Hauge
, Tomas Tranströmer
and Henrik Nordbrandt.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
and translator. He has lived in Stavanger
Stavanger
Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, since 1973 working as a university lecturer- Fulton holds a PhD
PHD
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from Edinburgh University.
He has published own collections and several translations of Scandinavian poetry into English, e.g. Olav H. Hauge
Olav H. Hauge
Olav Håkonson Hauge was a Norwegian poet. He was born in Ulvik and lived his whole life there, working as a gardener in his own orchard....
, Tomas Tranströmer
Tomas Tranströmer
Tomas Gösta Tranströmer is a Swedish writer, poet and translator, whose poetry has been translated into over 60 languages. Tranströmer is acclaimed as one of the most important Scandinavian writers since the Second World War...
and Henrik Nordbrandt.