Collective residencies / Nordic Countries Translators Seminar / Olot
ELLINOR BROMAN
From Monday, 10 June 2024 to Friday, 14 June 2024
Bio
Ellinor Broman is a literary translator from Catalan and Spanish into Swedish, with a Master in Hispanic Literature from Gothenburg University.
Among the Catalan works she has translated are "La mort i la primavera" by Mercè Rodoreda, "La meitat de l'ànima" by Carme Riera and "Canto jo i la muntanya balla" by Irene Solà. From Spanish, she has translated Spanish authors such as Elvira Lindo and the cartoonist Paco Roca, as well as a novel by the Chilean author Nona Fernández.
She is a member of the literary translators' section of The Swedish Writers’ Union and Översättarcentrum (Translators' Center). In addition to her work as a translator, Ellinor Broman runs the publishing house Palabra förlag, which specializes in literature from Spain and Latin America.
Project
She will assist in different work sessions on specific texts in the two directions from Catalan to Swedish and Danish and vice versa. She will also assist in informative talks on the literary landscape from the classics to the current narrative.