Thompson, Laurie, 1938-2015

LC control no.	n 82120953
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Thompson, Laurie, 1938-2015 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Other standard no.	0000 0001 0968 6078 45652782 Q6208677
Birth date	1938-02-26
Death date	2015-06-08
Place of birth	York (England)
Field of activity	Swedish literature Translating and interpreting
Affiliation	St. David's University College (Lampeter, Wales). Swedish Unit Swedish-English Literary Translators' Association University College of Wales (Aberystwyth, Wales) Umeå universitet
Profession or occupation	Translators University and college faculty members Editors Lecturers
Found in	His Stig Dagerman, ©1983: t.p. (Laurie Thompson, Univ. of Wales, Aberystwyth) data (b. 1938) Swedish book review, Issue 2, 2015: pages 3-4 (Laurie Thompson; middle name Arthur; born February 26, 1938 in York, England; died June 8, 2015; literary translator; lecturer of English at the University of Umea; in 1967 became a lecturer in German and Swedish for the University College of Wales in Aberstwyth; in 1983 became Head of the Swedish Unit in St. David's University College, Lampeter until his retirement in 1997; founding member of the Swedish-English Literary Translators' Association (SELTA); editor of the SELTA journal Swedish books from 1983-2002) Nesser, H. Hour of the wolf, 2015: title page (Translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson) colophon (Laurie Thompson; born in New York [sic] but lived in rural West Wales until his death in 2015; taught Swedish at the University of Wales and was the editor of Swedish Book Review from its launch in 1983 until 2002; a full-time literary translator for several years)
Associated language	eng swe ger