Guri Vesaas (born 13 January 1939) is a Norwegian writer and translator of children's books, and former editor at the publishing house Samlaget.[1]
Guri Vesaas | |
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| Born | 13 January 1939 Vinje, Norway |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo |
| Occupation(s) | publishing editor and translator of children's books |
| Parent(s) | Tarjei Vesaas Halldis Moren Vesaas |
| Relatives | Olav Vesaas (brother) |
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Biography
editVesaas was born in Vinje,[2] a daughter of novelist Tarjei Vesaas and poet Halldis Moren Vesaas, and sister of Olav Vesaas.[3] She graduated as cand.mag. from the University of Oslo in 1965.[2]
She was awarded the Brage Prize honorary award in 2007,[4] and also the Nynorsk User of the Year award.[2][5]
She has translated more than 50 children's books into Norwegian, using the pseudonym Hanna Midtbø, after the farm Midtbø in Vinje, where she grew up.
Awards
edit- NBU-prisen 1996
- Bastian Prize 2005[6]
- Brage Prize 2007 – honorary award
- Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav 2007 – knight, 1st class.[2]
References
edit- ^ Hjeltnes, Guri (27 December 2006). "Europeeren på Samlaget". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ a b c d Grepstad, Ottar. "Guri Vesaas". In Grepstad, Ottar (ed.). Allkunne (in Norwegian). Nynorsk kultursentrum. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ Fyllingsnes, Ottar (21 August 1997). "Midtbø: -- "Fuglane" er favoritten". Dag og Tid (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ^ "Brage. Den norske bokprisen. Tidligere vinnere" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Pris til Guri Vesaas". lnk.no. 28 June 2007. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Bastianprisen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
