Inger Elisabeth Hansen

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

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

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.

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
  • Inger Elisabeth Hansen, Torgeir Schjerven, Hilde Kramer (illustrations) (1992). Hugo og treet som forsvant. Cappelen.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

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.
Cultural offices
Preceded by
Thorvald Steen		 Chair of the Norwegian Authors' Union
1997–1999		 Succeeded by
Karsten Alnæs
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