Frank Perry (translator)

Frank Perry
Born	Frank Gabriel Perry Brighton, Sussex, UK
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]
• Göran O Eriksson Prize  [ sv ] 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]

References

1. "Svenska Akademiens pris för introduktion av svensk kultur utomlands". Swedish Academy. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
2. "Sommaruniversitetet". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 8 August 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
3. "Göran O. Erikssons Stipendium - Svenskt översättarlexikon". Swedish Literature Bank . Retrieved 27 October 2023.
4. "Frank Perry wins Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize 2017 | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
5. "Graphic novel wins Society of Authors Translation Prize for first time | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 2 May 2019.