Karin Gundersen
Karin Gundersen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 August 1944 |
| Died | 4 June 2024 (aged 79) Oslo, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Occupations |
|
| Employer | University of Oslo |
| Awards |
|
Karin Gundersen (27 August 1944 – 4 June 2024) was a Norwegian literary scholar and translator.
Biography
[edit]Gundersen was born in Malm, German-occupied Norway on 27 August 1944.[1] A professor of French literature at the University of Oslo, she was also a translator of French literary works.[2] She was awarded the Bastian Prize in 1993, for her translation of Stendhal's novel The Charterhouse of Parma into Norwegian.[3] She received the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 2006, for translation of Stendhal's autobiography The Life of Henry Brulard into Norwegian language.[4] She was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 2006.[5]
Gundersen was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters[6] and the Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature. She died in Oslo on 4 June 2024, at the age of 79.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Karin Gundersen (in Norwegian)
- ^ Holt, Ole Øyvind Sand (14 November 2014). "De oversette". DNMagasinet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Bastianprisen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Kritikerprisen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Doblougprisen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi. Medlemmer" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ Karin Gundersen er død (in Norwegian)
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Other | |
   | This biographical article about a Norwegian academic is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |