James
Anderson

James Anderson’s literary translations from the Norwegian include Berlin Poplars by Anne B. Ragde, Nutmeg by Kristin Valla, and several books by Jostein Gaarder. For Seagull books, he has translated Tomas Espedal’s Tramp, Against Art, Against Nature and Bergeners and Thorvald Steen’s Lionheart, The Little Horse and The Invisible Library.

PREVIOUS NOMINATIONS

2010

Karl Ove Knausgaard

A Time to Every Purpose Under Heaven

2023

Thorvald Steen

The White Bathing Hut

2020

Thorvald Steen

The Invisible Library

2017

Tomas Espedal

Against Nature

2013

Tomas Espedal

Against Art

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