Guri Vesaas

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Biography

Vesaas was born in Vinje on 13 January 1939,[2][3] a daughter of novelist Tarjei Vesaas and poet Halldis Moren Vesaas, and sister of Olav Vesaas.[4] She graduated as cand.mag. from the University of Oslo in 1965.[2][3]

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Midtbø, Vinje. Home of Tarjei Vesaas and Halldis Moren Vesaas

She has translated more than 50 children's books into Norwegian, using the pseudonym Hanna Midtbø,[2] after the farm Midtbø in Vinje, where she grew up.

She received the Bastian Prize in 2005 for her translations of children's literature.[5] She was awarded the Brage Prize honorary award in 2007,[6] and also the Nynorsk User of the Year award.[3][7] She was awarded Template:Ill in 2022.[8]

Awards

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