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Aimée Sommerfelt

エィメー・ソンメルフェルト

Aimē Sommerfelt

Aliases: Nicoline Aimée Dedichen

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1892-04-02 （Oslo）
Died
1975-08-07 （Oslo） age 83
Nationality
Norwegian
Languages
Norwegian
Residence History
Oslo

Career

Occupations
children's books author, young adult novelist
Active Years
1950-1975

Awards

Jane Addams Children's Book Award
1963
Work: The Road to Agra
Organization: Jane Addams Peace Association
Result: winner
Josette Frank Award
1963
Work: The Road to Agra
Organization: Children's Book Committee
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Road to Agra

1959 children's book

An Indian boy travels to Agra to save his sister from blindness, addressing poverty and social justice.

povertysocial justicedisability
Translations
  • English translation by Evelyn Ramsden, 1961

Miriam

1950 children's book

The White Bungalow

1962 children's book

Sequel to The Road to Agra.

My Name Is Pablo

1964 children's book

No Easy Way

1967 children's book

Bibliography

  • Miriam (1950)
  • The Road to Agra (1959)
  • The White Bungalow (1962)
  • My Name Is Pablo (1964)
  • No Easy Way (1967)

Translations of Works

  • The Road to Agra (English, Evelyn Ramsden, 1961)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Style placing child protagonists in extreme circumstances such as poverty and wartime to highlight social justice issues
Recurring Motifs
povertywartimesocial injustice

Health

  • blindness
    晩年
    Became blind late in her life.

Legacy

Norwegian author of children's books and young adult novels focusing on social justice, placing children in harsh realities like poverty and war. Famous for The Road to Agra, which won awards in the US.

Trivia

  • Married linguist Alf Sommerfelt.
  • Daughter of psychiatrist Henrik Arnold Thaulow Dedichen.
  • Became blind late in life.