Gun-Britt Sundström
Gun-Britt Sundström är en svensk författare, översättare och litteraturkritiker.
Som författare är Sundström mest känd för Maken (1976), en diskussionsroman om parförhållanden, och För Lydia (1973), som återberättar Hjalmar Söderbergs Den allvarsamma leken med handlingen sedd ur kvinnans perspektiv och flyttad sextio år framåt i tiden. Sedan 90-talet är hon även verksam som översättare av barnböcker och skönlitteratur. Då hon 2003 utnämndes till hedersdoktor vid Stockholms universitet löd motiveringen bland annat: "hennes språkliga lyhördhet gör henne till en ypperlig översättare ... Genom sin medverkan i bibelkommissionen 1980-2000 har hon kommit att betyda mer för den stilistiska utformningen av Gamla Testamentets text än någon annan enski
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