Wera Sæther (born 19 May 1945) is a Norwegian psychologist, poet, novelist, essayist, writer of books for youth and of documentary books. She made her literary debut in 1974 with the poetry collection ''Barnet og brødet''. Sæther was awarded the

Gyldendal's Endowment Gyldendal's Endowment was a literature prize which was awarded in the period 1934–1995 by the Norwegian publisher Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. The prize was awarded to significant authors, regardless of which publisher the author was associated wi ...

in 1979 (shared with

Cecilie Løveid Cecilie Løveid (born 21 August 1951) is a Norwegian novelist, poet, playwright, and writer of children's books. Personal life Løveid was born in Mysen to ship's captain Erik Løveid and actress Ingrid Cecilie Meyer. She had a cohabiting relatio ...

). She was awarded the

Dobloug Prize The Dobloug Prize ( sv, Doblougska priset, no, Doblougprisen) is a literature prize awarded for Swedish and Norwegian fiction. The prize is named after Norwegian businessman and philanthropist Birger Dobloug (1881–1944) pursuant to his bequest. T ...

in 1996.

Books

*''Barnet og brødet'' – poems (1973) *''Mellom stumheten og ordet'' – documentary (1974) *''Kvinnen, kroppen og angsten'' – (1974) *''Der lidelse blir samfunn'' – prose (1975) *''Barnet, døden og dansen'' – prose (1978) *''Lovet være du, søster Brød'' – documentary (1979) *''Vei'' – novel (1980) *''Hvit sol'' – documentary (1983) *''Comiso, en klage'' – poems (1984) *''Sol over gode og onde'' – prose (1985) *''Afrika, Ordfrika og andre hemmeligheter'' – children's book (1986) *''Kjærlighetssang'' – poems (1986) *''Vi overlever ikke alt'' – documentary (1987) *''Fravær nærvær'' – poems (1987) *''Rommet med det rare i'' – documentary (1988) *''Berøring forbudt'' – documentary (1988) *''Jeg tar asken og går'' – poems (1989) *''I lys av døden'' – documentary (1992) *''I Naomis hus'' – documentary (1993) *''Kan kamelene synge?'' – documentary (1994) *''A for ansikt'' – novel (1994) *''Rwandas øyne'' – documentary (1994) *''Gudinnen med det skinnende sverdet'' – children's book (1995) *''Ruts bok 1989'' – novel (1995) *''Maisbarnebarna'' – documentary (1996) *''Det uhørte Guatemala'' – (1997) *''Om mitt hode var vann'' – novel (1997) *''Denne krukken er knust'' – novel (1998) *''Støvets sønn'' – novel (1998) *''Adresse i vinden. Indiske reiser'' – essays (1999) *''Brent barn'' – novel (2000) *''Saras reise'' – children's book (2001) *''En annen dato et annet sted'' – essay (2002) *''Umas øyne'' – children's book (2004) *''MammaRitaHuset'' – barnebok (2006) *''En annens navn i munnen'' – novel (2009) *''Rett Øst'' – poems (2009) *''Mannen og datteren'' – novel (2010) *''Ukjent fugl'' – documentary (2012) *''Barnet, døden og dansen; Lovet være du, søster Brød'' – poems (2015) *''Se Europa'' – novel (2017) *''Lavlandet'' – novel (2018) *''Tango med Elisa'' – novel (2021)

Prizes

* Gyldendals legat, 1979 *

Doblougprisen The Dobloug Prize ( sv, Doblougska priset, no, Doblougprisen) is a literature prize awarded for Swedish and Norwegian fiction. The prize is named after Norwegian businessman and philanthropist Birger Dobloug (1881–1944) pursuant to his bequest. T ...

, 1996 *

Ossietzky Prize The Ossietzky Award ( no, Ossietzkyprisen ) is a prize awarded by the Norwegian chapter of P.E.N., for extraordinary contributions to freedom of speech. The prize is named after writer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Carl von Ossietzky. Recip ...

, 1999 *

Norwegian Authors Union Freedom of Expression Prize The Norwegian Authors Union Freedom of Expression Award (Ytringsfrihetsprisen) is an annual prize given by the Norwegian Authors Union. It is not to be confused with the Freedom of Expression Prize of the Fritt Ord organization. The prize is a ...

, 2012

References

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