Adrienne Dixon is a translator of
Dutch and
Flemish literature into English. She has translated the work of
Cees Nooteboom
Cees Nooteboom (; born 31 July 1933) is a Dutch novelist, poet and journalist. After the attention received by his novel ''Rituelen'' (''Rituals'', 1980), which received the Pegasus Prize, it was the first of his novels to be translated into an ...
and several other authors, including
Harry Mulisch
Harry Kurt Victor Mulisch ( ; 29 July 1927 – 30 October 2010) was a Dutch writer. He wrote more than 80 novels, plays, essays, poems, and philosophical reflections. Mulisch's works have been translated into over thirty languages.
Along with Wi ...
. "Dixon is one of the most prolific translators of Dutch fiction... One reviewer even suggested that she should be honoured for what she has done 'to reclaim contemporary Dutch fiction for anglophone readers'."
Translations
* ''Opgravingen in bijbelse grond'' by
Cyrus H. Gordon
Cyrus Herzl Gordon (June 29, 1908 – March 30, 2001) was an American scholar of Near Eastern cultures and ancient languages.
Biography
Gordon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Lithuanian emigrant and physician Benjamin Gordon. ...
, 1960. Translated to Dutch from the English ''Adventures in the Near East''.
* ''The Stone Bridal Bed'' by
Harry Mulisch
Harry Kurt Victor Mulisch ( ; 29 July 1927 – 30 October 2010) was a Dutch writer. He wrote more than 80 novels, plays, essays, poems, and philosophical reflections. Mulisch's works have been translated into over thirty languages.
Along with Wi ...
, 1962. Translated from the Dutch ''Het Stenen bruidsbed''.
* ''The Ring'' by
Karah Feder-Tal
Karah ( fa, كراه, also Romanized as Karāh) is a village in Dalfard Rural District, Sarduiyeh District, Jiroft County, Kerman Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country ...
, 1965. Translated from the Dutch ''Waar bleef de ring''.
* ''These were Europeans'' by
Ton Oosterhuis
Ton is the name of any one of several units of measure. It has a long history and has acquired several meanings and uses.
Mainly it describes units of weight. Confusion can arise because ''ton'' can mean
* the long ton, which is 2,240 pounds
...
, 1970. Translated from the Dutch ''Met en zonder harnas''.
* ''Reflections: a novel'' by
Mark Insingel
Mark may refer to:
Currency
* Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
* East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic
* Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927
* Finn ...
, 1971. Translated from the