Steven T. Murray

{{Short description|American translator (1943–2018)}} {{other people||Stephen Murray (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2015}} {{multiple issues| {{COI|date=October 2010}} {{more citations needed|date=August 2011}} }} {{Infobox person | name = Steven T. Murray | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = 1943 | birth_place = Berkeley, California, U.S. | death_date = {{Death year and age|2018|1943}} | death_place = | other_names = {{Unbulleted list|Reg Keeland|McKinley Burnett}} | education = {{Unbulleted list|Stanford University|California State University, Hayward}} | occupation = Translator | known_for = | notable_works = | awards = }}

'''Steven T. Murray''' (1943–2018) was an American translator from Swedish, German, Danish, and Norwegian. He worked under the pseudonyms '''Reg Keeland''' and '''McKinley Burnett''' when edited into UK English.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.salon.com/2005/02/17/banks_8/|title=How do you say "Balls of Gold" in French?|last=Canfield|first=Kevin|date=Oct 30, 2011|work=Salon|accessdate=November 7, 2011}}</ref> He translated the bestselling ''Millennium'' series by Stieg Larsson,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/magazine/23Larsson-t.html?pagewanted=5|title=The Afterlife of Stieg Larsson|last=McGrath|first=Charles|date=May 23, 2010|work=The New York Times|page=24|accessdate=August 10, 2011}}</ref> three crime novels and two African novels by Henning Mankell, three psychological suspense novels by Karin Alvtegen, and works by many other authors. In 2001 he won the Gold Dagger Award in the UK for his translation of ''Sidetracked'' by Henning Mankell.

==Biography== Murray was born in Berkeley, California, and grew up in Oakland, Manila, Mexico City, and San Diego.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} He attended Stanford University on a General Motors National Scholarship and made his first trip to Europe in 1963 to study at Stanford-in-Germany in Beutelsbach near Stuttgart.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} He returned to Europe the next year with the Scandinavian Seminar to study at Krogerup Højskole in Humlebæk, Denmark, and later taught English conversation and American literature at Herning Højskole in Jutland. He received his BA in creative writing in 1972 from California State University, Hayward. His first paid published translations, two Norwegian science fiction stories by Jon Bing and Tor Åge Bringsværd in an anthology of European SF from DAW Books, appeared in 1976.

After seven years working in technical translation, editing, and foreign-language typography, Murray founded Fjord Press with Susan Doran and was editor-in-chief from 1981 to 2001 (Marin County, Berkeley, and Seattle), publishing mainly Scandinavian and German fiction in translation as well as a few American and British titles.

==Selected translations== {{more citations needed section|date=July 2011}}

=== From Swedish === * ''Enemy's Enemy'' by Jan Guillou, with Tiina Nunnally under pseudonym Thomas Keeland (1992) * ''Faceless Killers'' by Henning Mankell (1997) * ''Sidetracked'' by Henning Mankell (1999) * ''The Fifth Woman'' by Henning Mankell (2000) * ''Detective Inspector Huss'' by Helene Tursten (2002) * ''Betrayal'' by Karin Alvtegen (2005) * ''Shame'' by Karin Alvtegen (2006) * ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' by Stieg Larsson under pseudonym Reg Keeland (2008) * ''The Eye of the Leopard'' by Henning Mankell (2008) * ''The Ice Princess'' by Camilla Läckberg (2008) * ''The Girl Who Played with Fire'' by Stieg Larsson under pseudonym Reg Keeland (2009) * ''The Crusades Trilogy 1: The Road to Jerusalem'' by Jan Guillou (2009) * ''Shadow'' by Karin Alvtegen under pseudonym McKinley Burnett (2009) * ''The Preacher'' by Camilla Läckberg (2009) * ''The Crusades Trilogy 2: The Templar Knight'' by Jan Guillou (2009) * ''The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest'' by Stieg Larsson under pseudonym Reg Keeland (2009) * ''The Crusades Trilogy 3: Birth of the Kingdom'' by Jan Guillou (2010) * ''The Stonecutter'' by Camilla Läckberg (2010) * ''Daniel'' by Henning Mankell (2010) * ''The Gallows Bird'' by Camilla Läckberg (2011) * ''Nefilim'' by Åsa Schwarz (2011)

=== From Danish === * ''The Sardine Deception'' by Leif Davidsen, with Tiina Nunnally (1986) * ''Witness to the Future'' by Klaus Rifbjerg (1987) * ''Pelle the Conqueror, Vol. 1: Childhood'' by Martin Andersen Nexø (1989) * ''Another Metamorphosis & Other Fictions'' by Villy Sørensen, with Tiina Nunnally (1990) * ''Pelle the Conqueror, Vol. 2: Apprenticeship'' by Martin Andersen Nexø, with Tiina Nunnally (1991) * ''War'' by Klaus Rifbjerg, with Tiina Nunnally (1995)

=== From Norwegian === * ''The Abduction'' by Mette Newth, with Tiina Nunnally (1989) * ''Like Thunder: A Play'' by Niels Fredrik Dahl (produced 2001) * ''A Wealth of Tradition: Jøtul, 1853–2003'' by Dag Ove Skjold (2003)

=== From Spanish === * ''Queens of Havana: The Amazing Adventures of Anacaona, Cuba's Legendary All-Girl Dance Band'' by Alicia Castro with Ingrid Kummels, US edition (from German and Spanish) (2007) * ''Anacaona: The Amazing Adventures of Cuba's First All-Girl Dance Band'' by Alicia Castro with Ingrid Kummels, UK edition (from German and Spanish) (2007)

=== From German === * ''The Philosopher's Kiss'' by Peter Prange (2011) * ''Snow White Must Die'' by Nele Neuhaus (2013) * ''Bad Wolf'' by Nele Neuhaus (2014) * ''The Ice Queen'' by Nele Neuhaus (2015) * ''To Catch A Killer'', also known as ''I Am Your Judge'', by Nele Neuhaus (2016)

==Awards==

* Jens Peter Jacobsen Prize from the Limfjord Region Literary Society, Thisted, Denmark, for editing new translations of two classic works by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1994) * Columbia Translation Center award for ''Witness to the Future'' by Klaus Rifbjerg (1985)

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{refbegin}} * {{cite web |title=Pair Won't Get Lost in Translation |url=http://www.abqjournal.com/cgi-bin/print_it.pl?page=/venue/books/129744books01-04-04.htm |website=Albuquerque Journal |date=January 4, 2004}}{{Dead link|date=August 2022}} * {{cite web |last=Gwinn |first=Mary Ann |title='Dragon Tattoo' fans, meet Reg, who made your obsession possible |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/dragon-tattoo-fans-meet-reg-who-made-your-obsession-possible/ |website=The Seattle Times |access-date=August 14, 2022 |date=August 10, 2009}} * {{cite web |title=Steven T Murray translated Stieg Larsson's celebrated Millennium trilogy from Swedish into English |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tdzns |website=BBC Radio 4 |date=August 21, 2010}} * {{cite web |last=Fry |first=Susan |title=The Man Behind 'The Girl...' |url=https://stanfordmag.org/contents/the-man-behind-the-girl |website=Stanford Magazine |access-date=August 14, 2022 |date=November 2010}} * {{cite web |last=Murray |first=Steven T. |title=Why I Write: Steven T. Murray |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/45245-why-i-write-or-translate-steven-t-murray.html |website=Publishers Weekly |date=November 22, 2010}} * {{cite news |title=Millennium Men |url=http://www.costcoconnection.com/connection/201012#pg33 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201025000/http://www.costcoconnection.com/connection/201012#pg33 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 1, 2010 |work=Costco Connection |date=December 2010 |pages=33–34}} * {{cite web |last=Stuart |first=Jan |title=Fiction Chronicle |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/books/review/Stuart-t.html |website=The New York Times Book Review |date=December 24, 2010}} * {{cite web |title=Euro Crime reviewers favourite reads of 2010 |url=https://eurocrime.blogspot.com/2011/01/euro-crime-reviewers-favourite-reads-of.html |website=eurocrime.blogspot.com |date=January 9, 2011}} * {{cite magazine |last=Acocella |first=Joan |title=Man of Mystery |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/01/10/man-of-mystery |magazine=The New Yorker |date=January 10, 2011}} * {{cite news |title=Found in Translation |work=Albuquerque Journal |date=February 20, 2011 |pages=E1, E4}} {{refend}}

==External links== * [https://reg-stieglarssonsenglishtranslator.blogspot.com/ Steven T. Murray's blog]

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