Eline Jongsma (1991) got
her BA in Scandinavian languages and culture at the University of
Groningen (2015), cum laude. She also studied classical song at
conservatory. From 2008 to 2013 she played an active role as playwright
and actor in a youth theatre company based in Groningen.
Eline
is currently studying for her MA in Literary Translation at the
University of Utrecht. She works on a translation of a Swedish
collection of short stories which will appear next year at publishing
house Wilde Aardbeien, in Groningen. For SVIN, the Scandinavian
Translation Agency in Groningen, she gives courses in Swedish on a
regular basis; and for Wilde Aardbeien she edits translations from
Swedish, Norwegian and Danish. In June 2016, Eline was awarded one of
two annual grants for the most talented MA-students of literary
translation by the Dutch Literary Fund. Eline translates from Swedish,
Norwegian and English into Dutch.