SB
The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Swedish translator and writer
A.K.A.
Sven Kristian Barthel
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
8 September 1903
Death:
30 September 1991
Family:
Father:
Christian Barthel
Spouse(s):
Viveka Starfelt
The details
Biography
Sven Kristian Barthel (Botkyrka, 8 September 1903 – Stockholm, 30 September 1991) was a Swedish writer, journalist, theatre critic and translator. He married author Viveka Starfeldt in 1936.
He was a good narrator of nature with special interest in Stockholm's archipelago.
As a translator he translated among other works Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.