Inger Elisabeth Hansen

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Simeon (talk | contribs) at 11:53, 13 March 2021 (Adding local short description: "Norwegian poet and translator", overriding Wikidata description "Norwegian writer" (Shortdesc helper)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Inger Elizabeth Hansen
Born (1950-04-20) 20 April 1950 (age 74)
Oslo, Norway
OccupationPoet & translator
NationalityNorwegian
Period1976–present
GenrePoetry
Fiction
Children's books
Essays

Inger Elisabeth Hansen (born 20 April 1950) is a Norwegian poet and translator.

Her poetry collection Trask was awarded the Brage Prize in 2003 [1] 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.[needs update]

In addition to writing her own poetry she has translated Cesar Vallejo, Juan Gelman, Rosario Castellanos and other Spanish and Latin-American poets into Norwegian,[2] 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

Works

Poetry

  • Det er nå det er like før. Forfatterforlaget Dikt & Datt. 1976.
  • Klodedikt. Gyldendal. 1979.
  • Hablabaror. Munnenes bok. Gyldendal. 1983.
  • Dobbel dame mot løvenes ørken. Gyldendal. 1986.
  • I rosen. Aschehoug. 1993.
  • Fraværsdokumenter. Aschehoug. 2000.
  • Trask. Forflytninger i tidas skitne fylde. Aschehoug. 2003.

Fiction

  • Pinlige historier (short stories). Cappelen. 1991.

Essays

  • Blindsoner - Utvalgte artikler og essays. Aschehoug. 2003.

Children's books

  • Hugo og treet som forsvant. Cappelen. 1992. {{cite book}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

References

  1. ^ "Brageprisen. Prisvinnere 2003" (in Norwegian). 2003. Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  2. ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Inger Elisabeth Hansen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 2 August 2017.

External links

Cultural offices
Preceded by Chair of the Norwegian Authors' Union
1997–1999
Succeeded by