About Bernard Scudder
Lived 1954 – 2007 (aged 53). Bernard Scudder was a British linguist and translator.
Bernard John Scudder (29 August 1954 – 15 October 2007) was a British translator from Icelandic into English. His translations include the work of best-selling crime writer Arnaldur Indriðason and Yrsa Sigurðardóttir. Scudder's translation of Arnaldur's novel Silence of the Grave won the 2005 Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger.
In a 2014 article, Ann Cleeves listed Scudder's translation of Voices by Arnaldur Indriðason as one of the top 10 crime novels in translation.
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British translator
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Bernard Scudder was born on 29 August 1954.
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Bernard Scudder died on 15 October 2007.
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Bernard Scudder was a linguist and translator.
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Bernard Scudder was British.
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