Turid Farbregd

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Turid Farbregd
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Born8 March 1941
NationalityNorwegian
EducationPhilologist
Occupation(s)University lecturer, translator, lexicographer
Awards

Turid Farbregd (born 8 March 1941) is a Norwegian philologist and translator. [1] She was awarded the Bastian Prize in 1989, for her translation of poetry by Jaan Kaplinski into Norwegian language. [2] She received the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 2013, for her translation of Katja Kettu's book Kätilö (The Midwife) into Norwegian. [3]

She was appointed Government scholar in 1995.

References

  1. "Det skjønnlitterære oversetterfonds pris til Turid Farbregd". oversetterforeningen.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Association of Literary Translators. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  2. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Bastianprisen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  3. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Kritikerprisen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 June 2019.