Åse-Marie Nesse ( 29 April 1934 – 13 July 2001) was a Norwegian

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Biography

Åse-Marie Nesse was born in

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, in

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county,

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. She finished her secondary education in 1952 at ''Rogaland offentlege landsgymnas''. She attended Oslo Teachers' College from 1953 to 1955, then worked as a school teacher before enrolling at the

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. She graduated with the cand.philol. degree in 1963, and was hired as a lecturer in Germanic studies. She was later promoted to

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, and retired in 2000. She was also a translator and for her first translation, of ''

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'' by

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, she was awarded the

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in 1967. She also won the

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in 1999. Her main work was translating '' Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy'' and '' Faust: The Second Part of the Tragedy'' to

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. She also translated from English, Spanish, Dutch and French, and often had to employ poetic reproduction. Her own poetry debut came in 1970 with ''Av hav er du komen''. She chaired the Norwegian branch of

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for many years, and was a member of the

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. She was also a member of the Norwegian Cultural Council and Authors Association Literary Council. Åse-Marie Nesse received many awards and badges of honor during her career. She was decorated with the

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in 1993 and the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav (Knight First Class) in 2001. She died in 2001 from cancer.

Awards

* Bastianprisen (1967) *Sarpsborgprisen (1976) *Sunnmørsprisen (1978) *Stavanger Aftenblads kulturpris (1981) *Ønskediktprisen (1981) *Klepp kommunes kulturpris (1992) * Den tyske æresordenen Bundesverdienstkreuz (1993) * Førstepremie i konkurranse om gjendikting av Shakespeare-sonett (1998) * Bokklubbenes skjønnlitterære oversetterpris (1999) * Doblougprisen (1999) * Nynorsk litteraturpris (2000)

References

External links

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