Gregory Motton [SEP] occupation
Music), containing a selection of 27 songs from 4 of his musicals.
Awards.
In 2012, Strindberg's centenary year in Sweden, Motton was awarded the Swedish Writers Guild (Sveriges Dramatikerförbund) Göran O Eriksson Award for his translations of Strindberg. This award was presented on the stage of Strindberg's Intima Teater, in Stockholm. The jury's motivation for the award was "Gregory Motton is a very many-sided translator whose work is valued by a great number of authors. His translations of dramatic works
Strindberg's plays, known for his strict advocacy of translations rather than versions.
Early life.
Gregory Motton was born in September 1961 in Wood Green in the London borough of Enfield the second child of Bernadette (née Clancy) from Skibbereen in West Cork, Eire, a bar-maid, and David Motton, of Tottenham, London, a writer of children's comics. He attended St. Angela's Convent, St. Paul's School, and Winchmore Comprehensive.
Early career.
Gregory Motton's first two