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Kristin Sørsdal

くりすてぃん・すーすだる

Kurisutin Sōsudaru

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1966-01-01 (Tromøy, Arendal)
Nationality
Norway
Languages
Norwegian, Nynorsk
Residence History
Tromøy

Career

Occupations
novelist, translator
Active Years
2010-2024
Affiliations
Det Norske Samlaget

Awards

Målprisen
2016
Result: winner
Storegut Award
2017
Result: winner
Norwegian Critics' Prize for Literature (translators)
2017
Category: translators
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Makabre bikkjer

2010 novel

Guds hund

2013 novel

Mare

2017 novel

Bibliography

  • Makabre bikkjer (2010), Guds hund (2013), Mare (2017)

Translations by Author

  • Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels

Legacy

Recognized as a Norwegian novelist and translator, particularly noted for translating Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels into Norwegian and winning the Norwegian Critics' Prize for translators.

Trivia

  • Attended the same primary school as Karl Ove Knausgård.