Helene Uri
Helene Uri (born December 11, 1964 in Stockholm ) is a Norwegian author and linguist .
Life
Helene Uri was born in Stockholm in 1964 and grew up in Oslo . She received her PhD in Linguistics from the University of Oslo in 1996 and has written non-fiction as well as books for children and young people and novels. In her first novel, the youth book Anna am Freitag (1995), she brings children closer to the essence of language, similar to the way in which philosophy is dealt with in Sofie's world . In 1998 she received a literary award from the Norwegian State for the non-fiction book Den store faktaboka om språk (The great book of language) and in 2018 Uri was awarded for her book Hvem sa hva? Awarded the Brageprisen in the “non-fiction” category.
Work (editions in German)
- Helene Uri: Anna on Friday - a novel about language . Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 1999. ISBN 3551580367 . (From 10 years.)
- Helene Uri: Honigzungen , Heyne, Munich 2004, ISBN 978-3-453-58001-5 .
- Helene Uri and Arne Svingen: I see how the world is turning . Oetinger, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-7891-4730-2 .
- Helene Uri: Only the strongest survive. A campus novel . Piper, Munich 2008, ISBN 3492051146 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Helene Uri in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website of Helene Uri
- Short biography and reviews of works by Helene Uri at perlentaucher.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helene Uri - Boulevard pocket books ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at Piper Verlag (accessed March 8, 2009)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Uri, Helene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian linguist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm |