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
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Born at Vaasa in 1918, died in Helsinki in 2016.
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Thomas Warburton (4 March 1918 – 18 December 2016) was a writer. The birth of Thomas Warburton is recorded on 4 March 1918, and the death on 18 December 2016 in Helsinki.
Thomas Warburton studied at University of Helsinki. The recorded working language is Swedish, Finnish and English. The field of work recorded is literature, literary criticism and literary studies. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are poetry and essay. Places of work recorded in the authority are Helsinki. Distinctions recorded are Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland, Eino Leino Prize, Swedish Academy Finland Prize and Karl Emil Tollander Prize.
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Thomas Warburton was born in Vaasa, Finland, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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- 1.Death announcement, Helsingin Sanomat, 8 January 2016, p. C 13
- 2.Thomas Warburton in memoriam. 8 January 2017.
- 3.Kustantajat.fi
- 4.Writers in Finland 1917-1944
- 5.Dagens Nyheter. 4 000 små ändringar. Lars-Olof Franzén läser nyutgåvan av James Joyces "Odysseus" - DN.SE. 15 June 1993.
- 6.Warburton, Thomas. www.balticsealibrary.info.
- 7.Thomas Warburton - Svenskt översättarlexikon. litteraturbanken.se.
- 8.Tove Jansson - ProQuest. www.proquest.com.
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