Name Eric Dickens
Address Karekiet 1, Blaricum 1261 RL: Netherlands
Telephone (Tel: [afternoons only] + 31 35 52 66669
Fax [can be arranged on above number]
Email eric.dickens@wxs.nl
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Languages From : Estonian, Dutch (including Flemish and Afrikaans), Swedish (incl. Finland-Swedish)To : (British) English [only]
Areas of Expertise Novel, short-stories, poetry, essays, 20th century Estonian literature
Books Translated
  1. From the Estonian:
    Karl Ristikivi: "Hingede oo" [originally published in Lund, Sweden, in 1953], 250 pp. + various sample chapters of further novels by Jaan Kross; + a couple of short-stories by him.
  2. From the Swedish: Several short-stories by Inger Edelfeldt.
  3. From the Dutch: Hubert Lampo: "Stopover in Walsoorden" (short-story)
Books Published From the Estonian:
  • Jaan Kross: "The Conspiracy and Other Stories" Harvill, London, 1995. 230 pp. + a number of recent radio plays by Andres Kivirahk, Jaan Kaplinski and others and a couple of short-stories by Jaan Kross

From the Swedish:

  • Jan Martenson: "Drottningholm - the Palace by the Lakeside" W&W, Stockholm, 1985. 180 pp.
  • Jan Martenson: "Sophia Albertina" W&W, Stockholm, 1997. 135 pp.
  • Jan Martenson: "Residences" W&W,. Stockholm, 1997. 215 pp.
Additional Information I also have a reading knowledge of Norwegian (Bokmal and Nynorsk), Danish, French, German and Polish. I am learning Latvian for the purposes of discovering what contemporary literary Latvia looks like. I am interested in projects to promote the translation of smaller languages into English and would like to cooperate with any literary magazines in English-speaking countries which take translations.