Guri Vesaas

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Guri Vesaas (born 1939) is a Norwegian writer and translator of children's books, and former editor at the publishing house Samlaget. She was awarded the Brage Prize honorary award in 2007.^[1]

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, after the farm Midtbø in Vinje, where she grew up.

Guri Vesaas is daughter of novelist Tarjei Vesaas and lyricist Halldis Moren Vesaas.

Awards

NBU-prisen 1996
Brage Prize 2007 – honorary award
Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav 2007 – knight, 1st class

References

↑ "Brageprisen. Prisvinnere 2007" (in Norwegian). 2007. Retrieved 2008-10-14.

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Name	Vesaas, Guri
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Short description	Norwegian writer
Date of birth	1939
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