Guri Vesaas

Norwegian writer and translator

Bastian Prize (2005)
Brage Prize honorary award (2007)
Nynorsk User of the Year (2007)
Order of St. Olav (2007)

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]

Biography

Vesaas 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]

Midtbø, Vinje. Home of Tarjei Vesaas and Halldis Moren Vesaas

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

NBU-prisen 1996
Bastian Prize 2005^[6]
Brage Prize 2007 – honorary award
Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav 2007 – knight, 1st class.^[2]

References

^ 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.