PEN Translation Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 41 (2001) Winner
Tiina Nunnally
ティイナ・ヌンナリー
Tiina Nunnally
Aliases:
Felicity David
Pen Names:
Felicity David（Used for UK English editions of translations）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1952-08-07 （Chicago, Illinois）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
- Residence History
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin → St. Louis Park, Minnesota → Albuquerque, New Mexico
Career
- Occupations
- Translator, Author, Instructor
- Active Years
- 1976-2025
- Affiliations
- Department of Scandinavian Studies, University of Washington (affiliate instructor)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | — | Scandinavian Studies | MA | 1970年代 | United States |
| University of Washington | — | Scandinavian Studies | PhC | 1970年代 | United States |
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Scandinavian Studies
Degree:
MA
Period:
1970年代
Year of Graduation:
1976
Country:
United States
University of Washington
Scandinavian Studies
Degree:
PhC
Period:
1970年代
Year of Graduation:
1979
Country:
United States
Candidate of Philosophy
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize | Kristin Lavransdatter III: The Cross | — | PEN America | 受賞 |
| 1994 | Lewis Galantière Award | Smilla's Sense of Snow | — | American Translators Association | 受賞 |
| 1996 | Washington Governor's Writers Award | Maija | — | State of Washington | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Swedish Academy Award for introduction of Swedish culture abroad | — | — | Swedish Academy | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit | — | — | Kingdom of Norway | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Independent Foreign Fiction Prize | The Royal Physician's Visit | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1984 | American-Scandinavian Foundation Translation Prize | Early Spring | — | American-Scandinavian Foundation | 受賞 |
PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize
2001
Work:
Kristin Lavransdatter III: The Cross
Organization:
PEN America
Result:
受賞
Lewis Galantière Award
1994
Work:
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Organization:
American Translators Association
Result:
受賞
Washington Governor's Writers Award
1996
Work:
Maija
Organization:
State of Washington
Result:
受賞
Swedish Academy Award for introduction of Swedish culture abroad
2009
Organization:
Swedish Academy
Result:
受賞
Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit
2013
Organization:
Kingdom of Norway
Result:
受賞
Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
2003
Work:
The Royal Physician's Visit
Result:
受賞
American-Scandinavian Foundation Translation Prize
1984
Work:
Early Spring
Organization:
American-Scandinavian Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Maija
1996 NovelHer first novel
Scandinavian culture
Translations by Author
- Niels Lyhne by Jens Peter Jacobsen (from Danish, 1990)
- Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg (from Danish, 1993)
- Kristin Lavransdatter I: The Wreath by Sigrid Undset (from Norwegian, 1997)
- Kristin Lavransdatter II: The Wife by Sigrid Undset (from Norwegian, 1999)
- Kristin Lavransdatter III: The Cross by Sigrid Undset (from Norwegian, 2000)
- Don't Look Back by Karin Fossum (from Norwegian, 2002, as Felicity David)
- He Who Fears the Wolf by Karin Fossum (from Norwegian, 2003, as Felicity David)
- Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen (from Danish, 2004)
- When the Devil Holds the Candle by Karin Fossum (from Norwegian, 2004, as Felicity David)
- Chronicler of the Winds by Henning Mankell (from Swedish, 2006)
- Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren (from Swedish, 2007)
- The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen (from Danish, 2019)
- The Complete and Original Norwegian Folktales of Asbjørnsen and Moe (from Norwegian, 2019)
- Olav Audunssøn by Sigrid Undset (from Norwegian, 2020–23)
Legacy
Internationally acclaimed for translating Scandinavian literature into English, recipient of numerous awards including honors from Norway and Sweden.
Quotes
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Each story feels honed, as if it were recently collected from a storyteller who knew how to tell it and who had, in turn, heard it from someone who knew how to tell it.
Source: Foreword to The Complete and Original Norwegian Folktales of Asbjørnsen and Moe (2019)
Trivia
- AFS exchange student to Århus, Denmark in 1969-1970, where she learned Danish.
- Her husband Steven T. Murray was also a literary translator who died in 2018.