Paul Russell Garrett

Paul Russell Garratt is a literary translator from Danish and Norwegian, with drama holding a particular interest for him. He has translated a dozen plays and heads the translation programme at Foreign Affairs theatre company in London. He has also translated a score of books, most recently Michael Strunge’s punk poetry collection, Speed of Life. In 2020, his translation of Christina Hesselholdt’s Vivian was longlisted for The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation.

Paul is the current chair of DELT (the association of Danish-English Literary Translators) and is a founding member of the translator collective, The Starling Bureau.

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