Amanda Hopkinson

Amanda Hopkinson (born 1948) is a British scholar and literary translator.^[1]

Biography

She was born in London to the British journalist and magazine editor Sir Tom Hopkinson and photographer Gerti Deutsch.^[2] She gained a BA from the University of Warwick in 1970.^[2]

During her academic career, Hopkinson has taught at City University, Manchester University, the University of East Anglia, the University of East London, Westminster University and Cardiff University. As a translator, she is best known for her English versions of contemporary Latin American literature. She has also translated several works by the French crime writer Dominique Manotti. In this work, she frequently collaborates with fellow translators Ros Schwartz and her husband Nick Caistor, with whom she lives in Norwich.^[3]

Hopkinson is additionally a writer on photography. She has published monographs on Julia Margaret Cameron, Martin Chambi and Manuel Alvarez Bravo, and she has further written or edited a number of books on photography and photojournalism. She has also written the obituaries of numerous photographers for The Guardian newspaper.^[4]

^ "Amanda Hopkinson | Arcadia Books". arcadiabooks.co.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Contemporary Authors Online". Biography in Context. Gale. 2006. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
^ "Nick Caistor, Non-fiction writer, Translator". Royal Literary Fund. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
^ "Amanda Hopkinson". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

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