Rauna Paadar-Leivo (born 1942) is an

Inari Sámi Inari Sámi (, "the Inarian language", or , "the Inari (Aanaar) Sámi language") is a Sámi languages, Sámi language spoken by the Inari Sámi people, Inari Sámi of Finland. It has approximately 300 speakers, the majority of whom are middle-ag ...

author who writes children's books, plays and novels in

Northern Sámi Northern or North Sámi ( ; se, davvisámegiella ; fi, pohjoissaame ; no, nordsamisk; sv, nordsamiska; disapproved exonym Lappish or Lapp) is the most widely spoken of all Sámi languages. The area where Northern Sámi is spoken covers the ...

. She currently lives in

Inari Inari may refer to: Shinto * Inari Ōkami, a Shinto spirit ** Mount Inari in Japan, site of Fushimi Inari-taisha, the main Shinto shrine to Inari ** Inari Shrine, shrines to the Shinto god Inari * Inari-zushi, a type of sushi Places * Inari, ...

and works at the Sami Parliament in Finland. Her books have been translated into Finnish, Norwegian, Russian and

. In 2000, the municipality of Inari awarded her its cultural prize.

Bibliography

* Mo giđđa boahtá Sápmái (1988, illustrated by Merja Aletta Ranttila) * Luobbalvári stallu (1989, illustrated by Merja Aletta Ranttila) * Hálssatanjeakki noaidi (1990, illustrated by Merja Aletta Ranttila, translated by

Matti Morottaja Matti Heikki Ilmari Morottaja or Kuobž-Saammâl Matti, (b. 28 December 1942 in Sammuttijärvi, Finland Inari Sámi Inari Sámi (, "the Inarian language", or , "the Inari (Aanaar) Sámi language") is a Sámi languages, Sámi language spoken by the Inari Sámi people, Inari Sámi of Finland. It has approximately 300 speakers, the majority of whom are middle-ag ...

as ''Halstemjeegi noaidi'' in 1990. Also translated into Finnish the same year under the name ''Halstamojängän noita'') * Skábmanieida (1992, illustrated by Merja Aletta Ranttila) * Goalsenjárga (1994, translated into Finnish in 1997 as ''Vieras talvi'') * Jokŋanieiddaš (1996, illustrated by Merja Aletta Ranttila) * Vuoi dan Karenina (2000, illustrated by Lee Rodgers)

Awards

* The Cultural Prize of the Municipality of Inari, 2000

External links

Sámi literature, What do we know about it?
Inari Sámi people Paadar-Leivo, Rauna Living people 1942 births {{Finland-writer-stub