Martin Aitken

Martin Aitken is a translator of Danish and Norwegian fiction, including work by Karl Ove Knausgaard, Hanne Ørstavik, Olga Ravn, Peter Høeg, and Ida Jessen. He was a National Book Award Translated Literature finalist in 2018 for Love and longlisted in 2022 for The Employees. His translation of Knausgaard's The School of Night was longlisted for the 2026 National Book Award for Translated Literature.