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'''Synnøve Persen''' (born 22 February 1950) is a poet, artist, and [[Sámi people|Sámi]] activist. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://norway2019.com/en/news/autorenschreibtisch-synnove-persen|title=The author's desk: Synnøve Persen — Norway Guest of Honour Frankfurt Book Fair 2019 — The Dream We Carry|website=norway2019.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref> Person was a founding member of The Sami Artists Group (1978-1982), based in Máze, Sápmi ([[Masi, Norway]]). |
'''Synnøve Persen''' (born 22 February 1950) is a poet, artist, and [[Sámi people|Sámi]] activist. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://norway2019.com/en/news/autorenschreibtisch-synnove-persen|title=The author's desk: Synnøve Persen — Norway Guest of Honour Frankfurt Book Fair 2019 — The Dream We Carry|website=norway2019.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref> Person was a founding member of The Sami Artists Group (1978-1982), based in Máze, Sápmi ([[Masi, Norway]]). |
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The Sami Artists Group plays a key role in raising the profile of Sámi rights and culture through their art and activism. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oca.no/audiovisual/synnove-persen|title=Synnøve Persen: Video/Audio: OCA|website=www.oca.no|access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref> By doing this, Persen and other Sámi activists unpack the legacy of Indigenous uprising in Norway. |
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Synnøve Persen (born 22 February 1950) is a poet, artist, and Sámi activist. [1] Person was a founding member of The Sami Artists Group (1978-1982), based in Máze, Sápmi (Masi, Norway).
The Sami Artists Group plays a key role in raising the profile of Sámi rights and culture through their art and activism. [2] By doing this, Persen and other Sámi activists unpack the legacy of Indigenous uprising in Norway.
Life
Synnøve Persen was born in Porsanger on 22 February 1950. She was nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1993 and 2008. She received the Biret Elle Memorial Prize in 2000 and the Sami Council Literature Prixe in 2006.[3]
Earlier, she lived twenty years of her life in more Southern Norwegian cities of Oslo and Trondheim, but recently resides in her home territory in Porsangerfjord.
Person went to a boarding school, where her native culture and anything other than traditional Norwegian was ignored. Only as an adult did she learn her birth language, Northern Sami. [4]
As a painter and a poet, she uses northern Norwegian landscape as a metaphor to represent her native culture. [5]
Books
Poetry
- Alit lottit firdilit (Blue Birds Fly), 1981
- Biekkakeahtes bálggis (Windless Path), 1992
- Ábiid eadni (The Ocean's Mother), 1994
- Meahci šuvas bohciidit ságat (Tales Spring up from Nature's Rush), 2005
Biography
- Muora ii galgga sojahit eambbo go gierdá : duojára Jon Ole Andersena birra, 1999
References
- ^ "The author's desk: Synnøve Persen — Norway Guest of Honour Frankfurt Book Fair 2019 — The Dream We Carry". norway2019.com. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
- ^ "Synnøve Persen: Video/Audio: OCA". www.oca.no. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
- ^ Ars Poetica
- ^ "The author's desk: Synnøve Persen — Norway Guest of Honour Frankfurt Book Fair 2019 — The Dream We Carry". norway2019.com. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
- ^ "Ovdasiidu/Frontpage". www.synnovepersen.no. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
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