Eli Krog (née Meyer; 1891–1970) was a Norwegian publicist, translator and author.

Biography

Eli Krog was born in

Oslo, Norway Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of i ...

. She was the daughter of newspaper editor Ludvig Meyer (1861-1938) and his second wife Augusta Gran (1865-1936). In 1912, she married journalist and playwright Helge Krog (1889–1962). The couple divorced in 1947. Krog was an important voice in the foundation of the Norwegian Translators Association (''Norsk Oversetterforening'') in 1948, and was chair of the organisation from 1949-61. In 1951, she produced the first translation of the works of

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winning British author Doris Lessing (1919–2013) into the Norwegian language. '' The Grass Is Singing'' was translated and published under the title ''Det synger i gresset'' (Gyldendal, 1951) for which she won the

Bastian Prize The Bastian Prize ( no, Bastianprisen) is a prize awarded annually by the Norwegian Association of Literary Translators. The prize, established in 1951, is given for translating a published work into Norwegian language. The award is a statue made ...

(''Bastianprisen'') in 1952. Krog also edited the anthologies of author

Tarjei Vesaas Tarjei Vesaas (20 August 1897 – 15 March 1970) was a Norwegian poet and novelist. Vesaas is widely considered to be one of Norway's greatest writers of the twentieth century and perhaps its most important since World War II. Biography Vesaas ...

''Huset i mørkret'' (Gyldendal. 1949). Her biography ''Lek med minner'' (Aschehoug, 1966) provided vivid images of the art environment surrounding her former husband, Helge Krog.

References

1891 births 1970 deaths Writers from Oslo 20th-century Norwegian translators {{Norway-writer-stub