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

Biography

She was born in

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, England, to the British journalist and magazine editor Sir

Tom Hopkinson Sir Henry Thomas Hopkinson (19 April 1905 – 20 June 1990) was a British journalist, picture magazine editor, author, and teacher. Early life Born in Manchester, his father was John Hopkinson (priest), John Hopkinson, a Church of England cl ...

and photographer Gerti Deutsch. She gained a BA from the

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in 1970. During her academic career, Hopkinson has taught at City University,

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, the

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, the

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, Westminster University and

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. 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. Hopkinson is additionally a writer on

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. She has published monographs on

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, Martin Chambi and Manuel Alvarez Bravo, and has further written or edited a number of books on photography and

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. Hopkinson has also written the obituaries of numerous photographers for ''

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'' 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 Paulo Coelho de Souza ( , ; born 24 August 1947) is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist and a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters since 2002. His 1988 novel '' The Alchemist'' became an international best-seller. Early life 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''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hopkinson, Amanda 1948 births Living people Academics of Cardiff University Academics of City, University of London Academics of the University of East Anglia Academics of the University of East London Academics of the University of Manchester Academics of the University of Westminster Alumni of the University of Warwick British translators British women writers English people of Austrian-Jewish descent Historians of photography Literary translators