Inger Elisabeth Hansen (born 20 April 1950) is a
Norwegian poet and translator.
Her poetry collection ''Trask'' was awarded the
Brage Prize
The Brage Prize (Norwegian: ''Brageprisen'') is a Norwegian literature prize that is awarded annually by the Norwegian Book Prize foundation (''Den norske bokprisen''). The prize recognizes recently published Norwegian literature.
The Brage Priz ...
in 2003
and nominated for the
Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2004. An extensive selection of her poetry in Spanish will be published by Bartleby in 2010.
In addition to writing her own poetry she has translated
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Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''César'' (film), a 1936 film directed by Marcel Pagnol
* ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt
* César Award, a French film award
Places
* Cesar, Portugal
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Juan Gelman,
Rosario Castellanos and other Spanish and Latin-American poets into Norwegian,
as well as Maryam Azimi and
Märta Tikkanen. She has also taught Spanish-language literature at the
University of Oslo and served as president of the
Norwegian Writers' Union from 1997 to 1999.
Awards
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Gyldendal's Endowment 1986
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Aschehoug Prize 1994
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Dobloug Prize 1994
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Brage Prize
The Brage Prize (Norwegian: ''Brageprisen'') is a Norwegian literature prize that is awarded annually by the Norwegian Book Prize foundation (''Den norske bokprisen''). The prize recognizes recently published Norwegian literature.
The Brage Priz ...
2003
Works
Poetry
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Fiction
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Essays
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Children's books
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References
External links
Inger Elisabeth Hansen at Aschehoug Agency's website
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1950 births
Living people
20th-century Norwegian poets
Dobloug Prize winners
Translators to Norwegian
Norwegian women poets
21st-century Norwegian poets
20th-century Norwegian women writers
21st-century Norwegian women writers
Translators from Spanish