Inger Elisabeth Hansen
{{Short description|Norwegian poet and translator}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name= Inger Elizabeth Hansen
| birth_date= {{birth date and age|1950|04|20|df=y}}
| birth_place= Oslo, Norway
| nationality=
| occupation= Poet & translator
| genre=Poetry
Fiction
Children's books
Essays
| period= 1976–present
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Inger Elisabeth Hansen (born 20 April 1950) is a Norwegian poet and translator. She has been awarded the Dobloug Prize, the Brage Prize, and the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature. She was president of the Norwegian Writers' Union from 1997 to 1999.
Personal life
Hansen was born in Oslo on 20 April 1950.
Literary career
Her poetry collection Trask was awarded the Brage Prize in 2003 {{cite web|url=http://www.brageprisen.no/tekster/vin_2003.shtml|title=Brageprisen. Prisvinnere 2003|year=2003|language=no|access-date=2008-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010061205/http://www.brageprisen.no/tekster/vin_2003.shtml|archive-date=2007-10-10}} 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.{{Update inline|reason=2010 was a long time ago - was it published?|date=June 2017}}
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,{{cite encyclopedia|title=Inger Elisabeth Hansen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Inger_Elisabeth_Hansen |language=no|access-date=2 August 2017}} as well as Maryam Azimi{{cn|date=April 2024}} and Märta Tikkanen. She has also taught Spanish-language literature at the University of Oslo,{{cn|date=April 2024}} and served as president of the Norwegian Writers' Union from 1997 to 1999.
She was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 2015.
Awards
- Gyldendal's Endowment 1986
- Aschehoug Prize 1994
- Dobloug Prize 1994
- Brage Prize 2003
Works
=Poetry=
- {{cite book| title=Det er nå det er like før| publisher=Forfatterforlaget Dikt & Datt| year=1976 }}
- {{cite book| title=Klodedikt| publisher=Gyldendal| year=1979 }}
- {{cite book| title=Hablabaror. Munnenes bok| publisher=Gyldendal| year=1983 }}
- {{cite book| title=Dobbel dame mot løvenes ørken| publisher=Gyldendal| year=1986 }}
- {{cite book| title=I rosen| publisher=Aschehoug| year=1993 }}
- {{cite book| title=Fraværsdokumenter| publisher=Aschehoug| year=2000 }}
- {{cite book| title=Trask. Forflytninger i tidas skitne fylde| publisher=Aschehoug| year=2003 }}
=Fiction=
- {{cite book| title=Pinlige historier (short stories)| publisher=Cappelen| year=1991 }}
=Essays=
- {{cite book| title=Blindsoner - Utvalgte artikler og essays| year=2003| publisher=Aschehoug }}
=Children's books=
- {{cite book| title=Hugo og treet som forsvant |author=Inger Elisabeth Hansen |author2=Torgeir Schjerven | publisher=Cappelen| year=1992 }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.aschehougagency.no/authors/aschehoug/aschehoug_fiction/hansen_inger_elisabeth/ Inger Elisabeth Hansen at Aschehoug Agency's website]
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Category:20th-century Norwegian poets
Category:Dobloug Prize winners
Category:Translators to Norwegian
Category:Norwegian women poets
Category:21st-century Norwegian poets
Category:20th-century Norwegian women writers