Inger Elisabeth Hansen

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

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, 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

Fiction

Essays

Children's books

References

  1. "Brageprisen. Prisvinnere 2003" (in Norwegian). 2003. Retrieved 2008-10-14.

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