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

Inger Elizabeth Hansen
Born	(1950-04-20) 20 April 1950 (age 72) Oslo, Norway
Occupation	Poet & translator
Nationality	Norwegian
Period	1976–present
Genre	Poetry 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.^{[needs update]}

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

• Gyldendal's Endowment 1986
• Aschehoug Prize 1994
• Dobloug Prize 1994
• Brage Prize 2003

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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

References

External links

• Inger Elisabeth Hansen at Aschehoug Agency's website

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

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