Amanda Hopkinson

Amanda Hopkinson (born 1948) is a British scholar and literary translator.

Biography She was born in London, England, to the British journalist and magazine editor Sir Tom Hopkinson and photographer Gerti Deutsch. She gained a BA from the University of Warwick in 1970.

Hopkinson is additionally a writer on photography. She has published monographs on Julia Margaret Cameron, Martin Chambi and Manuel Alvarez Bravo, and has further written or edited a number of books on photography and photojournalism. Hopkinson has also written the obituaries of numerous photographers for The Guardian newspaper.

Selected translations Carmen Posadas: Child's Play Claribel Alegría: Family Album Diamela Eltit: Sacred Cow Dolores Payas: Drink Time!: In the Company of Patrick Leigh Fermor Elena Poniatowska: Leonora Isabel Allende: The Japanese Lover Jose Saramago: Journey to Portugal Jose Saramago: The Notebook Paulo Coelho: The Devil and Miss Prym Ricardo Piglia: Money to Burn Sergio Bizzio: Rage Lovers and Comrades: Women's Resistance Poetry from Central America Dominique Manotti: Affairs of State Dominique Manotti: Dead Horsemeat Dominique Manotti: Escape Dominique Manotti: Lorraine Connection

Works on photography 150 Years of Photo Journalism Manuel Alvarez Bravo Martin Chambi Julia Margaret Cameron Between Ourselves: The Photographs of Mari Mahr Contemporary Photographers Desires and Disguises: Latin American Women Photographers Five Pioneers of Photography Hidden View: Images of Bahia, Brazil Photographs by Gerti Deutsch 1908–1979 Rehearsal: Photographs of Dance Sixties London: Photographs by Dorothy Bohm