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Herbjørg Wassmo (born 6 December 1942) is a Norwegian author.[1]

Herbjørg Wassmo
Herbjørg Wassmo in Paris in March 2011

Born	6 December 1942 (age 79)
Awards	Anders Jahre's Art and Culture Prize (2019)

She was born in Vesterålen and worked as a teacher in northern Norway until beginning her career as an author. Her first published work was a collection of poems, "Vingeslag" ("Beating of Wings"). Her major breakthrough was her first novel, "Huset med den blinde glassveranda" ("The House with the Blind Glass Porch") in 1981.[1]

Her 1989 novel, Dinas bok (Dina's Book), was made into a film titled I Am Dina in 2002, starring Maria Bonnevie and Gérard Depardieu.

Bibliography

Vingeslag (poetry, 1976)
Flotid (poetry, 1977)
Huset med den blinde glassveranda (novel - Volume I of the Tora trilogy, 1981 - published in English as The House with the Blind Glass Windows[2])
Det stumme rommet (novel - Volume II of the Tora trilogy, 1983)
Juni-vinter (play, 1983)
Veien å gå (documentary novel, 1984)
Mellomlanding (play, 1985)
Hudløs himmel (novel - Volume III of the Tora trilogy, 1986)
Dinas bok (novel - Volume I of the Dina trilogy, 1989 - published in English translation as Dina's Book[3])
Lite grønt bilde i stor blå ramme (poetry, 1991)
Lykkens sønn (novel - Volume II of the Dina trilogy, 1992 - published in English translation as Dina's Son[4])
Reiser - fire fortellinger (1995)
Hemmelig torsdag i treet (children's book, 1996)
Karnas arv (novel - - Volume III of the Dina trilogy, 1997)
Det sjuende møte (novel, 2000)
Flukten fra Frank (novel, 2003)
Et glass melk takk (novel, 2006)
Hundre år (novel, 2009)
Disse øyeblikk (novel, 2013)
Den som ser (novel, 2017)
Mitt menneske (novel, 2021)

Prizes

Kritikerprisen 1981, for Huset med den blinde glassveranda
Bokhandlerprisen 1983, for Det stumme rommet
Nordland fylkes kulturpris 1986
The Nordic Council's Literature Prize (Nordisk Råds litteraturpris) 1987, for Hudløs himmel
Gyldendal's Endowment 1991
Amalie Skram-prisen 1997
Prix Jean Monnét 1998 (France)

References and notes

"Herbjørg Wassmo". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 April 2010.
Herbjørg Wassmo (translated by R. Lloyd & A. Simpson) (1987). The House with the Blind Glass Windows. Seal Press, Seattle, Washington. ISBN 1-878067-59-1.
Herbjørg Wassmo - translated by Nadia Christensen (1996). Dina's Book. Arcade Publishing, Incorporated. ISBN 1559703482.
Herbjørg Wassmo - translated by Nadia Christensen (2001). Dina's Son. Black Swan Publishing. ISBN 0552998257.

v t e Nordic Council Literature Prize winners
1960s	1962: The Days of His Grace – Eyvind Johnson 1963: Under the North Star 3: Reconciliation – Väinö Linna 1964: The Ice Palace – Tarjei Vesaas 1965: From Hell to Paradise – Olof Lagercrantz and The Good Hope – William Heinesen 1966: Diwan on the Prince of Emgion – Gunnar Ekelöf 1967: Nye noveller – Johan Borgen 1968: Flight of the Eagle – Per Olof Sundman 1969: The Legionnaires – Per Olov Enquist
1970s	1970: Anna, I, Anna – Klaus Rifbjerg 1971: Coast of Slaves, Ships of Slaves & Islands of Slaves – Thorkild Hansen 1972: Sju ord på tunnelbanan – Karl Vennberg 1973: Kersantin poika – Veijo Meri 1974: Uden mål – og med – Villy Sørensen 1975: Siinä näkijä missä tekijä – Hannu Salama 1976: Að laufferjum & Að brunnum – Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson 1977: I de mörka rummen, i de ljusa – Bo Carpelan 1978: Dalen Portland – Kjartan Fløgstad 1979: Pubertet – Ivar Lo-Johansson
1980s	1980: Vredens barn – Sara Lidman 1981: Hauströkkrið yfir mér – Snorri Hjartarson 1982: Samuels bok – Sven Delblanc 1983: Om fjorten dage – Peter Seeberg 1984: The Christmas Oratorio – Göran Tunström 1985: A Day in Ostrobothnia – Antti Tuuri 1986: Líkasum – Rói Patursson 1987: Hudløs himmel – Herbjørg Wassmo 1988: Justice Undone – Thor Vilhjálmsson 1989: Roman 1987 – Dag Solstad
1990s	1990: For the Living and the Dead – Tomas Tranströmer 1991: The Sun, My Father – Nils-Aslak Valkeapää 1992: Night Watch – Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir 1993: Byen og verden – Peer Hultberg 1994: Blackwater – Kerstin Ekman 1995: Angels of the Universe – Einar Már Guðmundsson 1996: Hva skal vi gjøre i dag og andre noveller – Øystein Lønn 1997: Bang. En roman om Herman Bang – Dorrit Willumsen 1998: After Having Spent a Night Among Horses – Tua Forsström 1999: Queen's Gate – Pia Tafdrup
2000s	2000: Drømmebroer – Henrik Nordbrandt 2001: The Discoverer – Jan Kjærstad 2002: The Half Brother – Lars Saabye Christensen 2003: Revbensstäderna – Eva Ström 2004: Juoksuhaudantie – Kari Hotakainen 2005: The Blue Fox – Sjón 2006: The Ocean – Göran Sonnevi 2007: Drömfakulteten – Sara Stridsberg 2008: Baboon – Naja Marie Aidt 2009: I Curse the River of Time – Per Petterson
2010s	2010: Purge – Sofi Oksanen 2011: Between the Trees – Gyrðir Elíasson 2012: Days in the History of Silence – Merethe Lindstrøm 2013: The Prophets of Eternal Fjord – Kim Leine 2014: Mirage 38 – Kjell Westö 2015: Wakefulness, Olav's Dreams & Weariness – Jon Fosse 2016: Songs and Formulae – Katarina Frostenson 2017: Memories of Love – Kirsten Thorup 2018: Hotel Silence – Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir 2019: Efter Solen – Jonas Eika
List of Nordic Council's Literature Prize winners and nominees

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Хе́рбьёрг Ва́ссму (норв. Herbjørg Wassmo; полное имя — норв. Herbjørg Margretha Wassmo; род. 6 декабря 1942, Мюре, Экснес, Вестеролен, Норвегия) — норвежская писательница и поэтесса.

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