Aslaug Høydal (22 December 1916 – 20 July 2007) was a Norwegian schoolteacher, novelist, poet and children's writer. She was born in

Seljord Seljord is a municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional regions of Upper Telemark and Vest-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Seljord. The pari ...

. Among her novels are ''Dyr last'' from 1963, ''Tårer i sand'' from 1969, and ''Brest i såldet'' from 1973. Her children's books include ''Born og bøling'' from 1950, ''Bak berg og blåne'' from 1965, and ''Heile klassa i sving'' from 1970. Other works are the short story collection ''I skotlina'' from 1970, and the poetry collection ''Skjelv i vindovne skogar'' from 1986. She was awarded the Melsom Prize in 1964.

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1916 births 2007 deaths People from Seljord Norwegian children's writers Norwegian women children's writers 20th-century Norwegian novelists 20th-century Norwegian poets Norwegian women novelists Norwegian women poets Norwegian schoolteachers 20th-century Norwegian women writers {{norway-writer-stub