Martin Aitken

Martin Aitken has translated numerous novels from Danish and Norwegian, including works by Karl Ove Knausgaard, Peter Høeg, Ida Jessen, and Kim Leine. He won the PEN Translation Prize for his translation of Hanne Ørstavik’s Love.

Martin Aitken

Martin Aitken has translated numerous novels from Danish and Norwegian, including works by Karl Ove Knausgaard, Peter Høeg, Ida Jessen, and Kim Leine. He won the PEN Translation Prize for his translation of Hanne Ørstavik’s Love.

Books by Martin Aitken

  • The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century

    Olga Ravn, Martin Aitken

    E Book

    Shortlisted for the International Booker prize and the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize,The Employees reshuffles a sci-fi voyage into a riotously original existential nightmare

    Longlisted for the 2022...

  • The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century

    Olga Ravn, Martin Aitken

    Paperback, 2023

    Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize and the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize,The Employeesreshuffles a sci-fi voyage into a riotously original existential nightmare
  • Girl, 1983: A Novel

    Linn Ullmann, Martin Aitken

    Hardback, 2025

    This stunning novel explores desire and anxiety, beauty and youth, memory and power.
  • Girl, 1983: A Novel

    Linn Ullmann, Martin Aitken

    E Book

    This stunning novel explores desire and anxiety, beauty and youth, memory and power.