Sissel Lie

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Sissel Lie
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Born (1942-11-12) 12 November 1942 (age 82)
Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway
OccupationNovelist, translator, playwright and professor
NationalityNorwegian
Period1986present
GenreShort stories
Novels
Drama
Children's books
Non-fiction
Front of "Tigersmil" (=Tiger smile) illustration by Tor M. Hetland 1986 Tigersmil.jpg
Front of "Tigersmil" (=Tiger smile) illustration by Tor M. Hetland 1986

Sissel Lie (born 12 November 1942) is a Norwegian novelist, translator, playwright and professor in Romance languages and literature at the University of Trondheim since 1992. [1]

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Biography

Sissel Lie was born in Kristiansand, in Vest-Agder county, Norway. Her literary début, the short story collection Tigersmil, won Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris for 1986. Her works have been translated into eight languages as of 2004. She has edited anthologies of French poets and translated poetry, short stories and novels from the French language. She has also been co-editor of Kvinnenes kulturhistorie (1985–1988).

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Preceded by Winner of Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris
1986
Succeeded by