Thomas Warburton (writer)

Thomas Warburton (4 March 1918 in Vaasa – 18 December 2016 in Helsinki) was a Finnish writer, translator, and recipient of the Eino Leino Prize in 1997.

Warburton translated James Joyce's Ulysses into Swedish in 1946 and his revised translation was published in 1993. He "translated two works from Swedish and also translated four of Tove Jansson's Moomin books into English – he was Jansson's publisher." He also translated The Exploits of Moominpappa (1952), Moominsummer Madness (1955), Moominland Midwinter (1957), Tales from Moominvalley (1962) from Swedish to English. His start "was a subeditor and general handyman at Schildts publishers in Helsinki" and eventually became an editor and director.