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Herbjørg Wassmo

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Herbjorg Wassmo

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1942-12-06 (Vesterålen, Norway)
国籍
Norwegian
言語
Norwegian

経歴

職業
author, poet, playwright, children's author
活動期間
1976年〜

受賞歴

Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature (Kritikerprisen)
1981
対象作品: The House with the Blind Glass Porch (Huset med den blinde glassveranda)
主催: Norwegian Critics' Association
結果: winner
Bokhandlerprisen (Norwegian Booksellers' Prize)
1983
対象作品: The Silent Room (Det stumme rommet)
主催: Norwegian Booksellers' Association
結果: winner
Nordland County Cultural Prize
1986
主催: Nordland County
結果: winner
The Nordic Council's Literature Prize
1987
対象作品: Hudløs himmel (Hudløs himmel / Hudless Heaven)
主催: The Nordic Council
結果: winner
Gyldendal's Endowment
1991
主催: Gyldendal
結果: recipient
Amalie Skram Prize
1997
主催: Amalie Skram Prize organization
結果: winner
Prix Jean Monnét
1998
主催: French awarding body
結果: recipient
Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav
主催: Royal Norwegian Court
結果: honor
Anders Jahre's Art and Culture Prize
主催: Anders Jahre Foundation
結果: recipient

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Vingeslag

1976年 poetry

An early collection of poems marking the start of Wassmo's publishing career.

naturepersonal memory

The House with the Blind Glass Porch (Huset med den blinde glassveranda)

1981年 novel (Tora trilogy, volume I)

A novel about family and past traumas; Wassmo's breakthrough work and the first volume of the Tora trilogy.

familytraumanorthern Norway landscape
翻訳
  • The House with the Blind Glass Windows (translated by R. Lloyd & A. Simpson)

Det stumme rommet

1983年 novel (Tora trilogy, volume II)

The second volume of the Tora trilogy focusing on the protagonist's inner life and silence.

silencepsychological portrayal

Hudløs himmel

1986年 novel (Tora trilogy, volume III)

Conclusion of the Tora trilogy, depicting societal and personal conflicts in northern Norway.

social oppressionpersonal liberation

Dina's Book (Dinas bok)

1989年 novel (Dina tetralogy, volume I)

An epic novel centered on the intense female protagonist Dina; one of Wassmo's major works.

female lifeviolence and memoryidentity
映像化・舞台化
  • [film] I Am Dina / Ole Bornedal (2002)
翻訳
  • Dina's Book (translated by Nadia Christensen)

The One Who Sees (Den som ser)

2017年 novel (Dina tetralogy, volume IV)

Placed as the concluding volume of the Dina tetralogy.

recoveryvision and perception

Mitt menneske

2021年 novel

One of her recent novels, reflecting a mature literary style.

human relationshipsmemory

全著作

  • Vingeslag (poetry, 1976)
  • Flotid (poetry, 1977)
  • Huset med den blinde glassveranda (novel, 1981)
  • Det stumme rommet (novel, 1983)
  • Juni-vinter (play, 1983)
  • Veien å gå (documentary novel, 1984)
  • Mellomlanding (play, 1985)
  • Hudløs himmel (novel, 1986)
  • Dinas bok (novel, 1989)
  • Lite grønt bilde i stor blå ramme (poetry, 1991)
  • Lykkens sønn (novel, 1992)
  • Reiser - fire fortellinger (stories, 1995)
  • Hemmelig torsdag i treet (children's book, 1996)
  • Karnas arv (novel, 1997)
  • Det sjuende møte (novel, 2000)
  • Flukten fra Frank (novel, 2003)
  • Et glass melk takk (novel, 2006)
  • Hundre år (novel, 2009)
  • Disse øyeblikk (novel, 2013)
  • Den som ser (novel, 2017)
  • Mitt menneske (novel, 2021)

翻案

  • Film adaptation of Dina's Book: I Am Dina (2002)

作品の翻訳

  • Dina's Book (English translation by Nadia Christensen)
  • The House with the Blind Glass Windows (English translation by R. Lloyd & A. Simpson)
  • Dina's Son (English translation)

作風・主題

文体
psychological, character-driven narrationrealist depiction blending northern Norwegian nature and societypoetic use of language
頻出モチーフ
trauma and memoryfemale perspective and agencyfamily relationsnorthern Norway landscape

評価・遺産

Herbjørg Wassmo is a major Norwegian author active from the late 20th century into the 21st century, acclaimed for intense female characters and psychological portrayals set in northern Norway. She has won multiple literary prizes, been widely translated and had works adapted for film.

資料所蔵先

  • Collections at the National Library of Norway

大衆文化への影響

  • The novel Dina's Book was adapted into the film I Am Dina (2002), attracting international attention.

豆知識

  • Dina's Book was adapted into the film I Am Dina (2002), directed by Ole Bornedal and starring Maria Bonnevie and Gérard Depardieu.
  • Many of her major works are set in northern Norway and frequently explore women's lives and trauma.