Tore Ulf Axel Zetterholm (October 4, 1915 - November 9, 2001) was a Swedish writer (author of 28 novels), literature historian, journalist, and translator.[1]
In 1947, Zetterholm published his translation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit (the first translation of any of Tolkien's works to any language), calling it Hompen.[2]
Perhaps by a strange chance, Zetterholm was one of the recipients of the prestigious annual prize of literature given by Svenska Dagbladet in 1950, when Britt G. Hallqvist, a later translator of The Hobbit, received the children's literature prize in the same year by the same newspaper.[2]
References
- ↑ Tore Zetterholm, Swedish Wikipedia (accessed 17 July 17, 2010)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Anders Stenström, "Tolkien i svensk översättning: Från Hompen till Ringarnas herre" [English title: "Tolkien in Swedish translation: From Hompen to Ringarnas herre"] (accessed 17 July 2010)
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