Inger Elisabeth Hansen

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Inger Elizabeth Hansen
Born (1950-04-20) 20 April 1950 (age 73)
Oslo, Norway
OccupationPoet & translator
Period1976present
GenrePoetry
Fiction
Children's books
Essays

Inger Elisabeth Hansen (born 20 April 1950) is a Norwegian poet and translator. She has been awarded the Dobloug Prize, the Brage Prize, and the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature. She was president of the Norwegian Writers' Union from 1997 to 1999.

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Personal life

Hansen was born in Oslo on 20 April 1950. [1]

Literary career

Her poetry collection Trask was awarded the Brage Prize in 2003 [2] and nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2004. An extensive selection of her poetry in Spanish will be published by Bartleby in 2010.[ needs update ]

In addition to writing her own poetry she has translated Cesar Vallejo, Juan Gelman, Rosario Castellanos and other Spanish and Latin-American poets into Norwegian, [1] as well as Maryam Azimi[ citation needed ] and Märta Tikkanen. [1] She has also taught Spanish-language literature at the University of Oslo,[ citation needed ] and served as president of the Norwegian Writers' Union from 1997 to 1999. [1]

She was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 2015. [1]

Awards

Works

Poetry

Fiction

Essays

Children's books

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Inger Elisabeth Hansen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  2. "Brageprisen. Prisvinnere 2003" (in Norwegian). 2003. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2008.
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Preceded by Chair of the Norwegian Authors' Union
1997–1999
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