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Thomas Warburton (writer)

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Thomas Warburton (around 1950)

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]

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

^ 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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