Paul translates from Norwegian and Danish into English, with drama holding a particular interest for him. He has translated a dozen plays and heads up the theatre translator mentoring programme for Foreign Affairs theatre company in London. His translation of Lars Mytting’s The Sixteen Trees of the Somme was long-listed for the International Dublin Literary Award in 2019.
Paul has served on the committee of the UK Translators Association and is the current chair of the Association of Danish-English Literary Translators (DELT) . He is one of the founding members of the translator collective, The Starling Bureau, and teaches Danish at the University of Westminster.
Translated by Paul Russell Garrett
Siri Pettersen
:
Evna
,
The Might,
2022,
Arctis
– Co‑translator: Siân Mackie
Siri Pettersen
:
Råta
,
The Rot,
2021,
Arctis
– Co‑translator: Siân Mackie
Siri Pettersen
:
Odinsbarn
,
Odin's Child,
2021,
Arctis US
– Co‑translator: Siân Mackie
Jens M Johansson,
John Arne Riise
:
Fordeler og ulemper ved å være John Arne Riise
,
Running Man,
2018,
deCoubertin
Lars Mytting
:
Svøm med dem som drukner
,
The Sixteen Trees of the Somme,
2017,
MacLehose Press
Eirik Vold
:
Hugo Chávez: Revansjen
,
The Bolivarian Revolution from Up Close,
2016,
Irene Publishing