Frank Perry (translator) explained

Frank Perry
Birth Name:	Frank Gabriel Perry
Birth Place:	Brighton, Sussex, UK
Nationality:	British
Occupation:	Translator

Frank Perry is an English translator from Brighton, Sussex.

Career

Perry's work primarily focuses on translating the works of Swedish playwrights, poets and novelists into English. Works translated include the ITV series Marcella, Caterina Pascual Söderbaum's The Oblique Place, Axel Lidén's On Sheep: Diary of a Swedish Shepherd, and Hans Hayden's Modernism as Institution.

Recognition

• Swedish Academy Prize for the introduction of Swedish literature abroad (2004, won)^[1]
• for drama translation, Writer's Guild of Sweden (2010, won)^{[2] [3]}
• Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize for Lina Wolff’s Bret Easton Ellis and the Other Dogs (2017, won)^[4]
• Bernard Shaw Prize for best literary translation from Swedish, The Society of Authors (2019, won)^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Svenska Akademiens pris för introduktion av svensk kultur utomlands . 2023-10-27 . Swedish Academy.
2. News: 2010-08-08 . Sommaruniversitetet . sv . Sveriges Radio . 2023-10-27.
3. Web site: Göran O. Erikssons Stipendium - Svenskt översättarlexikon . 2023-10-27 . Swedish Literature Bank.
4. Web site: Frank Perry wins Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize 2017 The Bookseller. www.thebookseller.com. 2019-05-02.
5. Web site: Graphic novel wins Society of Authors Translation Prize for first time The Bookseller. www.thebookseller.com. 2019-05-02.