Guri Vesaas | |
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| Born | 13 January 1939 Vinje, Norway |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo |
| Occupation(s) | publishing editor and translator of children's books |
| Parent(s) | Tarjei Vesaas Halldis Moren Vesaas |
| Relatives | Olav Vesaas (brother) |
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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]
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]
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.
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