Guri Vesaas (born 13 January 1939) is a Norwegian writer and translator of children's books, and former editor at the publishing house Samlaget.

Biography

Vesaas was born in Vinje, a daughter of novelist Tarjei Vesaas and poet

Halldis Moren Vesaas Halldis Moren Vesaas (18 November 1907 – 8 September 1995) was a Norwegian poet, translator and writer of children's books. She established herself as one of the leading Norwegian writers of her generation. Biography She was born on a f ...

, and sister of

Olav Vesaas Olav Vesaas (born 21 December 1935) is a Norwegian journalist, biographer and publisher. Biography Vesaas was born on 21 December 1935 in Vinje to novelist Tarjei Vesaas and poet Halldis Moren Vesaas, and is a brother of Guri Vesaas. From 1968 ...

. She graduated as

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from the

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in 1965. She was awarded the

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honorary award in 2007, and also the

Nynorsk User of the Year Nynorsk User of the Year ( no, Årets nynorskbrukar) is a prize awarded by the Nynorsk Cultural Center at the Nynorsk Festival every year. The prize is awarded to the "persons or institutions that demonstrate the ability to break language and c ...

award. She has translated more than 50 children's books into Norwegian, using the pseudonym ''Hanna Midtbø'', after the farm ''Midtbø'' in Vinje, where she grew up.

Awards

NBU-prisen NBU-prisen is a prize which is awarded by the Norwegian Writers for Children to a person or institution who had produced award-winning work in children's or youth literature in Norway. It is awarded every year to a Norwegian author or organizatio ...

1996 * Bastian Prize 2005 *

2007 – honorary award *

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2007 – knight, 1st class.

References

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