Laura Watkinson

Laura Watkinson is a British literary translator.[1][2] She studied languages at St Anne's College, Oxford, and has obtained some postgraduate qualifications since. She has taught at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and University of Milan.

Watkinson translates from Dutch, Italian and German languages into English, ranging from children's picture books and graphic novels to science and history. As of 2012 she lives in Amsterdam. She founded the Dutch chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.[3]

Watkinson's publishers won the American Library Association Mildred L. Batchelder Award three times in four years from 2012 to 2015. Thus the Association for Library Service to Children annually recognizes the most outstanding children's book newly published in the U.S. in English translation. All three were picture books translated from Dutch. Another of her translations from Dutch was a runner-up for the 2014 award.[4]

Projects

Batchelder Award citations All four books were published in the U.S. during the year preceding the award. All were originally published in Dutch.[4]

References

  1. "About". Laura Watkinson (laurawatkinson.com). Retrieved 2015-02-07.
  2. [Tomorrow Pamplona: Translator]. Peirene Press (peirenepress.com). Retrieved 2015-02-07.
  3. Library of Congress Authorities cites a 2012 dustjacket . Retrieved 2015-02-07.
  4. 1 2 "Batchelder Award winners, 1968 – present". Association for Library Service to Children. ALA. Retrieved 2015-02-07.

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