Thorsten Jonsson
Illustration — Thorsten Jonsson Thorsten Jonsson (1910–1950) was a Swedish writer, journalist and translator. Jonsson grew up in a small village in Västerbotten. He studied at Stockholms högskola and then worked as journalist for various newspapers, including Dagens Nyheter.
Thorsten Jonsson

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- Born
- 1910 · Nordmaling parish.
- Died
- 1950 · Maria Magdalena parish.
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Occupation
- translator · writer · journalist
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- literature · journalism · translation
- Languages
- Swedish
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Born at Nordmaling parish in 1910, died in Maria Magdalena parish in 1950.
The recorded working language is Swedish. The field of work recorded is literature, journalism and translation.

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1910
Thorsten Jonsson born at Nordmaling parish.
1950
Thorsten Jonsson died at Maria Magdalena parish.
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- Utflykt, 1933
- Stor-Norrland och litteraturen, 1938
- Som ett träd, 1939
- Som det brukar vara, 1939
- Martin Koch, 1941
- Fly till vatten och morgon, 1941
- Sex amerikaner: Hemingway, Faulkner, Steinbeck, Caldwell, Farrell, Saroyan, 1942
- Sidor av Amerika: Intryck och resonemang, 1946
- Konvoj, 1947
- Dimman från havet, 1950
- Synpunkter, 1951
- Noveller, 1955
- Berättelser från Amerika, 2007
- A. J. Cronin Citadellet (The Citadel), 1938
- Ernest Hemingway Att ha och inte ha (To Have and Have Not), 1939
- John Steinbeck Vredens druvor (The Grapes of Wrath), 1940
- Ernest Hemingway Klockan klämtar för dig (For Whom the Bell Tolls), 1940
- Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe, 1942
- Ernest Hemingway Snön på Kilimandjaro och andra noveller (The Snows of Kilimanjaro), 1942
- Erskine Caldwell Avlöning vid Savannah River (Savannah River Payday), 1942
- John Steinbeck Den långa dalen (The Long Valley), 1943
- John Steinbeck Månen har gått ned (The Moon is Down), 1943
- Dylan Thomas En varm lördag (One Warm Saturday), 1943
- E. E. Cummings poems, included in Sidor av Amerika, 1946
- Mörk sång: Fyrtiofem amerikanska negerdikter (anthology of afroamerican poetry), 1949
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