Gabriele Haefs

{{short description|German writer and translator (born 1953)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|8|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Wachtendonk, Germany

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| nationality = German

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| relatives = Gisbert Haefs (brother)

| spouse = Ingvar Ambjørnsen

| occupation = Translator

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| awards = Order of St. Olav

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Gabriele Haefs (born 27 August 1953) is a German writer and translator.

She was born in Wachtendonk to Johann Heinrich Haefs and Annie Pasch, and is married to Norwegian writer Ingvar Ambjørnsen.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ingvar Ambjørnsen |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Øystein |last=Rottem |author-link=Øystein Rottem |editor=Helle, Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Ingvar_Ambjørnsen |language=no |access-date=30 June 2016}} She is credited for having discovered Jostein Gaarder's novel Sophie's World, which she translated into German language, and eventually became a worldwide bestseller. She was decorated Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit in 2011.{{cite news|title=Ingvar Ambjørnsens kone har blitt ridder. Gabriele Haefs fikk ridderkorset for oversetterjobben |newspaper=Dagbladet |first=Asbjørn |last=Svarstad |url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/11/29/kultur/litteratur/bok/ingvar_ambjornsen/gabriele_haefs/19211629/ |language=no |access-date=30 June 2016 |date=29 November 2011}} She was awarded the Willy Brandt Prize in 2000.{{cite web|title=Der Willy-Brandt-Preis 2000 |url=http://www.willy-brandt-stiftung.de/preis2000.htm |website=willy-brandt-stiftung.de |publisher=Die Norwegisch-Deutsche Willy-Brandt-Stiftung |language=de|access-date=30 June 2016 }}