Ella Holm Bull, (12 October 1929 – 21 September 2006) was a

Southern Sámi Southern or South Sámi (, no, sørsamisk, sv, sydsamiska) is the southwesternmost of the Sámi languages, and is spoken in Norway and Sweden. It is an endangered language; the strongholds of this language are the municipalities of Snåsa, Rø ...

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and

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, dedicated to promoting the

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for many years. Together with

Knut Bergsland Knut Bergsland (7 March 1914 – 9 July 1998) was a Norwegian linguist. Working as a professor at the University of Oslo from 1947 to 1981, he did groundbreaking research in Uralic (especially Sami) and Eskaleut languages. Career He was born in Kr ...

, she created an

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for Southern Sámi in 1974, which is called the Bergsland-Bull orthography in their honor. Holm Bull received numerous awards for her work on Southern Sámi, including the first-ever Gollegiella Award in 2004.

Works

Literary

* Manne joe maahtam lohkedh. 1989 * Åarjel-saemien Gåalmede gærja. 1987 * Åarjel-saemien Vijhtede gærja. 1986 * Åarjel-saemien Nubpie gærja. 1986 * Åarjel-saemien Nealjede gærja. 1986 * Ovmese veareldh. 1985 * Suhtjegh. 1984 * Tsååbpe-niejlen jih Tsååbpe-baernien bijre. 1984 * Brorke. 1984 * Åarjel-saemien Voestes gærja. 1982 * Lohkede Saemien (with

). 1974

Musical

She published two LPs on the

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label: * ''Jåvle-Laavlomh'' (1996). . (Christmas songs) * ''Laavlomh-Maanide'' (1997). . (Children's songs, recorded with assistance from

Frode Fjellheim Frode Fjellheim (born 27 August 1959 in Mussere) is a Southern Saami yoiker and musician (piano and synthesizer) from Norway. He is best known for his band Transjoik and as the composer of the 2002 song "Eatnemen Vuelie", which was later adapted ...

)

Awards

* The first Nordic Sámi Language Prize, Gollegiella in 2004. * The first

Nord-Trøndelag County Culture Award Nord-Trøndelag (; "North Trøndelag") was a county constituting the northern part of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. The county was established in 1804 when the old Trondhjems amt was divided into two: Nordre Trondhjems amt and S ...

in 1982. * The

Saami Council The Saami Council ( se, Sámiráđđi; smj, Sámeráde; sma, Saemienraerie; smn, Sämirääđi; sms, Sääʹmsuåvtõs; sjd, Са̄мь Соббар; sje, Sámerárre) is a voluntary, non-governmental organization of the Sámi people made u ...

's Annual Prize in 1996 * Translator's Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature from the

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in 1976 for her translation of the picture book ''Jakob og Joakim'' to Southern Sámi.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bull, Ella Holm 1929 births 2006 deaths Norwegian Sámi people Norwegian Sámi-language writers Norwegian Sámi musicians Sámi orthography Southern Sámi