Nichola Smalley c. Karina Lax
Nichola Smalley c. Karina Lax

Nichola
Smalley

Nichola Smalley is a translator of Swedish and Norwegian literature. In 2021, she won the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize for her translation of Wretchedness by Andrzej Tichý, and her work has also been nominated for the International Booker, Bernard Shaw and Warwick Prizes. She is a Translators Association committee member, a Bookseller Rising Star 2021 and worked for several years for the independent publisher And Other Stories. She has a PhD in the use of slang in contemporary Swedish and English literature, and currently lives in London.

Nichola Smalley is a translator of Swedish and Norwegian literature. In 2021, she won the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize for her translation of Wretchedness by Andrzej Tichý, and her work has also been nominated for the International Booker, Bernard Shaw and Warwick Prizes. She is a Translators Association committee member, a Bookseller Rising Star 2021 and worked for several years for the independent publisher And Other Stories. She has a PhD in the use of slang in contemporary Swedish and English literature, and currently lives in London.

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