Joan Tate (1922–2000)

Author of Grandpa and My Sister Bee

About the Author

Joan Tate (September 23, 1922 - June 6, 2000) was a prolific translator, translating works by many leading Swedish and Swedish-speaking Finnish writers into English. Tate's translations from the Swedish include books by Astrid Lindgren, Ingmar Bergman, Britt Ekland, Kerstin Ekman, P C Jersild, Sven show more Lindqvist, Agneta Pleijel, and the team of Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. She also translated works from Norwegian and Danish, for a total of around 200 books during her career. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Grandpa and My Sister Bee (1973) 8 copies

Tina and David (1973) 5 copies

Wild boy (1973) 4 copies

Sam and Me (1969) 4 copies

The Tree (Pyramid Books) (1970) 4 copies

Not the Usual Kind of Girl (1974) 4 copies

Ring on My Finger (1971) — Author — 4 copies

Luke's garden ; and, Gramp: Two novels (1981) 3 copies

Jock and the rock cakes (Stepping stones) (1973) 3 copies

Jumping Jo - the Joker (Red star) (1985) 2 copies

Ben and Annie (1974) 2 copies, 1 review

The Long Road Home (1971) 2 copies

Dad's Camel (Tigers: a Read Alone Book) (1990) 2 copies

Clee and Nibs (Plus) (1990) 2 copies

Big Fish (1975) 1 copy

Wild Martin, and, The Crow 1 copy

Bill (1986) 1 copy

The Wild Boy 1 copy

Clipper (1969) 1 copy

Your Dog: Its Behaviour and Habits (1975) 1 copy

Whizz Kid (Topliners S.) (1969) 1 copy

Tre lange dage (1974) 1 copy

The Runners (1974) 1 copy

The Silver Grill and the Next Doors 1 copy

Cat Country (1979) 1 copy

The House That Jack Built (1983) 1 copy

The Gobblydock 1 copy

Turn Again, Whittington (1980) 1 copy

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Hanna's Daughters (1994) — Translator, some editions — 2,132 copies, 44 reviews

The Brothers Lionheart (1973) — Translator, some editions — 1,972 copies, 37 reviews

The Man Who Went Up in Smoke (1966) — Translator, some editions — 1,514 copies, 50 reviews

The Fire Engine That Disappeared (1969) — Translator, some editions — 1,259 copies, 35 reviews

Blackwater (1993) — Translator, some editions — 1,083 copies, 22 reviews

The Terrorists (1976) — Translator, some editions — 1,043 copies, 29 reviews

Simon and the Oaks (1985) — Translator, some editions — 889 copies, 17 reviews

The Magic Lantern: An Autobiography (1987) — Translator — 853 copies, 11 reviews

Exterminate All the Brutes (1992) — Translator, some editions — 745 copies, 16 reviews

Psalm at Journey's End (1990) — Translator, some editions — 488 copies, 11 reviews

The Sun Egg (1932) — Translator, some editions — 323 copies, 7 reviews

Murder on the Thirty-First Floor (1964) — Translator, some editions — 316 copies, 10 reviews

China: Empire of Living Symbols (1989) — Translator, some editions — 287 copies, 5 reviews

Under the Snow (1961) — Translator, some editions — 234 copies, 9 reviews

The Steel Spring (1968) — Translator, some editions — 179 copies, 3 reviews

Christopher's Harvest Time (1923) — Translator, some editions — 154 copies, 3 reviews

The Butterfly Effect (2004) — Translator, some editions — 149 copies, 2 reviews

Wonderful Women by the Water (1994) — Translator, some editions — 134 copies, 2 reviews

Freezing Down (1969) — Translator, some editions — 131 copies, 4 reviews

Private Confessions (1996) — Translator, some editions — 112 copies, 1 review

Anna All Alone (1972) — Translator, some editions — 87 copies

Twilight Country (1974) — Translator, some editions — 75 copies

Frankenstein's Aunt (1978) — Translator, some editions — 73 copies, 1 review

Sweet Prince: A Novel (1975) — Translator, some editions — 48 copies

King Tulle: The Founding of Tulaborg (1972) — Translator, some editions — 29 copies

A Christmas Book (English and Danish Edition) (1978) — Translator, some editions — 27 copies

The Vasa (1998) — Translator — 26 copies

The Deep Well: Archaeology and Life of the Past (1964) — Translator, some editions — 18 copies

The Enchanted Way (1953) — Translator, some editions — 13 copies

The Runaway Pancake (1980) — Translator — 13 copies, 1 review

Lanky Longlegs (1976) — Translator, some editions — 8 copies

Skokloster : reflections of a great era (1997) — Translator — 8 copies

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Birthdate: 1922-09-23
Date of death: 2000-06-06
Gender: female
Education: Central Institution for Gymnastics, 1942
Occupations: translator
Short biography: Joan Tate was born in Tonbridge, Kent, England in 1922. She attended a university in Sweden when war broke out and was unable to return to England until 1942. During that period she became proficient in Swedish and much of her professional work has been as a translator of important Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian authors, translating more than seventy books for children and sixty books for adults. She is best known for her short novels written for adolescents that contain themes such as early marriage, kidnapping, runaways, and contemporary urban life.
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: Tonbridge, Kent, England, UK
Places of residence: Stockholm, Sweden
Shrewsbury, England, UK
Map Location: England, UK