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Kenneth Steven

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Kenneth Steven

Kenneth Steven is a full-time writer and translator from Highland Scotland. He has published some twenty books and travels all over the UK and Europe undertaking lecture tours and school residencies. His volume of selected poems, Wildscape, was published by Peterloo in England in December 2007....

He translated the Nordic Prize-winning novel The Half Brother by Lars Saabye Christensen; the translation went on to be short-listed for two international awards. His website is www.kennethsteven.co.uk.

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Articles by Kenneth Steven

Gob
By Lars Saabye Christensen
I saw her again today. She came out from the liquor store in Majorstua, the bottles pushed down into a worn brown bag
Translated from Norwegian by Kenneth Steven
The Pig
By Lars Saabye Christensen
Asbjørn Hall didn't argue....He'd never argued.
Translated from Norwegian by Kenneth Steven
Waterproof
By Lars Saabye Christensen
Each day that whole summer, apart from the week when she was to learn to swim, Andrea stood at the quay and waited as the Prince drew in to land. It wasn’t the passengers she wanted to see, as they…
Translated from Norwegian by Kenneth Steven