Tiina Nunnally is an award-winning translator of Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish.
Tiina Nunnally is an award-winning translator of Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish.
Tiina Nunnally is an American author and translator.
Early life and education Nunnally was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and St. Louis Park, Minnesota.
PERSONAL: Born August 7, 1952, in Chicago, IL. Education: Western Washington University, B.A.; University of Wisconsin—Madison, M.A.; University of Washington.
Tiina Nunnally.
Early life and education Nunnally was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and St. Louis Park, Minnesota..
The Divine Secrets of the Writing Sisterhood would like to welcome author and translator Tiina Nunnally to our blog today!
Tiina proofreading a manuscript -- with a little help from her cat.
Tiina Nunnally has translated more than fifty works of fiction from the Scandinavian languages into English, including Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset, Smilla’s Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg, and The Royal Physician’s Visit by Per Olov Enquist. She has also done new translations of Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen and Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren.
She lives in Albuquerque and makes her living as a full-time literary translator.
What languages do you work with when it comes to translation?
I translate from Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish into English.
How did you get your start in the writing industry?
I started translating in my free time because I wanted my friends to read some of the great Scandinavian books that