Paul Vincent

Paul Vincent taught Dutch at London University for many years, and since 1989 has been a freelance translator from Dutch and German. He has translated numerous modern fiction classics from the Low Countries, including work by Couperus, Elsschot, Mulisch, Boon and Van den Brink. In addition he specialises in non-fiction and has translated a wide range of poetry from the seventeenth century on. In 2007 he co-edited an anthology of twentieth-century stories, In Praise of Navigation (Seren Books). He is a member of the Society of Dutch Literature.

He is currently translating the texts for The Dedalus Book of Flemish Fantasy.

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