Merete Alfsen
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Merete Alfsen | |
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| Born | 14 February 1950 |
| Occupation | Translator |
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Merete Alfsen (born 14 February 1950) is a Norwegian translator.
Career
[edit | edit source]Alfsen started working as translator in 1981, and has translated more than ninety books into Norwegian language. She has previously been literary critic for the newspaper Dagbladet, and freelancer host for the radio shows Nitimen and Reiseradioen.[1]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Alfsen was born on 14 February 1950, a daughter of engineer Petter Alfsen and Torill Riise-Hansen. She was married to diplomat Terje Rød-Larsen from 1971 to 1982.[2]
Awards
[edit | edit source]- 1992: Norwegian culture and church department's translator prize for child and youth literature for her translation of John Marsden's So much to tell you [Så mye å si deg]
- 1994: Bastian Prize in 1994, for her translation of Virginia Woolf's novel Orlando into Norwegian.[3]
- 1997: The Book Club's fiction translator prize [Bokklubbenes skjønnlitterære oversetterpris][4]
- 2006: Bastian Prize for child and youth literature for her translation of William Nicholson's The Wind Singer [Vindsangeren][5]
- 2011: Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 2011, for translation of A. S. Byatt's novel The Children's Book into Norwegian langue.[6]
- 2016: Norwegian Academy Prize in memory of Thorleif Dahl.[1]
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