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Thomas Warburton

Illustration — Thomas Warburton (around 1950) Thomas Henry Warburton (4 March 1918 in Vaasa – 18 December 2016 in Helsinki) was a Finnish writer, translator, and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize in 1997, as well as the State Prize for Translators in 1971, 1977, and 1978, the Tollander Prize in 1976, and the Lybeck Prize in 1971. He was the son of engineer Thomas Harald Warburton and Elli Nordling, and married Kerstin Ingeborg Schulman in 1940. Warburton graduated from the Svenska Normallyceum i Helsingfors in 1936 and studied at the University of Helsinki from 1936 to 1943.

Thomas Warburton

Born
1918 · Vaasa.
Died
2016 · Helsinki.
Nationality
Finland
Occupation
translator · writer · literary critic · literary scholar
Fields
literature · literary criticism · literary studies · translating activity
Education
University of Helsinki
Honours
Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland · Eino Leino Prize · Swedish Academy Finland Prize · Karl Emil Tollander Prize · Swedish Academy translation prize · De Nios översättarpris
Languages
Swedish · Finnish · English

In this article

  1. 01Biography
  2. 02Writing and publications
  3. 03Notes, references and evidence

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