Roland Adlerberth

Roland Adlerberth (21 September 1923 – 31 July 1993) was a Swedish translator and writer.

Adlerberth got his bachelor's degree in 1947 from the University of Gothenburg. In the years of 1949-1958 he was a library assistant at the Dickson Public Library and thereafter at the town library of Köping.[1]

In the 1950s Adlerberth became a co-founder of one of the first science fiction clubs in Sweden, named Futura.[1]

He published year 1965 the book Människan i blickpunkten: memoarer och biografier: ett urval ("Man in Focus: memoirs and biographies: a selection").

In the 1960s Adlerberth summarized the professional literature of his time in the Swedish yearbook Tidens kalender. Year 1977 he received a literature prize from the Swedish Crime Writers' Academy for his translations.[1]

Adlerberth was a co-worker at magazines such as Dast-Magazine, Jules Verne-Magasinet, and Häpna! He was also a member of the Swedish government's Cultural Council Committee for Magazines and Journals.

Adlerberth was a translator of literature related to science fiction, thriller, adventure and crime.[1]

References
  1. Holmberg, John-Henri. "Roland Adlerberth, 1923–1993". Svenskt översättarlexikon (in Swedish). Södertörn University. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
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