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Anna
Paterson

    Dr Anna Paterson translates from Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and German into English and writes literary journalism in English and Swedish. She used to work as a medical academic, specialising in experimental and clinical neuroscience. Since retiring, she has translated twenty-six books – a mixture of literary fiction and non-fiction – published mainly in the UK and the USA but also in Australia and Norway. She works for several English-language literary magazines. Between 2010 and 2015, she was reviews editor at Swedish Book Review. Most of Dr Paterson’s non-medical writing has been book reviews and articles on literary topics. She has also written a book about landscape, identity and environmental awareness in Scotland: Scotland’s Landscape: Endangered Icon. She is married to a Scot and lives in the Scottish countryside.
    Dr Anna Paterson translates from Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and German into English and writes literary journalism in English and Swedish. She used to work as a medical academic, specialising in experimental and clinical neuroscience. Since retiring, she has translated twenty-six books – a mixture of literary fiction and non-fiction – published mainly in the UK and the USA but also in Australia and Norway. She works for several English-language literary magazines. Between 2010 and 2015, she was reviews editor at Swedish Book Review. Most of Dr Paterson’s non-medical writing has been book reviews and articles on literary topics. She has also written a book about landscape, identity and environmental awareness in Scotland: Scotland’s Landscape: Endangered Icon. She is married to a Scot and lives in the Scottish countryside.
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