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Guri Vesaas

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Guri Vesaas

Pen Names: Hanna MidtbøPseudonym used for translations of children's books

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1939-01-13 (Vinje, Norway)
Nationality
Norway
Languages
Norwegian, Nynorsk
Residence History
Midtbø, Vinje, Norway

Career

Occupations
writer of children's books, translator of children's books, publishing editor
Active Years
1965-2024
Affiliations
Samlaget
Influenced By
Tarjei Vesaas

Education

University of Oslo
Degree: cand.mag.
Year of Graduation: 1965
Country: Norway

Awards

NBU-prisen
1996
Result: 受賞
Bastian Prize
2005
Work: Translations of children's literature
Result: 受賞
Brage Prize
2007
Category: 名誉賞
Result: 名誉賞
Nynorsk User of the Year
2007
Result: 受賞
Order of St. Olav
2007
Category: 騎士第一級
Organization: Royal Norwegian Order
Result: 受賞
Storegutprisen
2022
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Legacy

Norwegian writer and translator of children's books, translated over 50 children's books into Norwegian. Known as daughter of prominent writers.

Trivia

  • Daughter of Tarjei Vesaas and Halldis Moren Vesaas
  • Sister of Olav Vesaas
  • Grew up on the Midtbø farm in Vinje