Laila Stien
Laila Stien (born May 16, 1946 in Hemnes , Norway ) is a Norwegian writer .
Life
Laila Stien grew up in Rana . She studied ethnology , Sami languages and social anthropology at the University of Oslo . She then moved to Finnmark . She made her debut as a writer in 1979 with the Nyveien short story collection . With Vekselsang she wrote her only novel to date. Stien mainly focused on short stories, children's books and translations of Sami writers, including Synnøve Persen , Rauni Magga Lukkari and Nils-Aslak Valkeapää .
She had great success with her children's book Å plukke en smørblomst , published in 1993 . In the same year it was awarded the Critics' Prize for the best children's and youth book of the year. After a translation by Gabriele Haefs , it was published in 1998 under the German title How do I pick a buttercup? at the Sauerländer Verlag. A second edition was published in 2005 by Carlsen Verlag .
For her novella Gjennom glass , published in 1999 , Stien was awarded the Havmann Prize and the Aschehoug Literature Prize the following year .
Stien is married to an editor. Their son is the motorcross driver Ailo Gaup .
Works (selection)
- Novels
- Vekselsang (1997)
- Novellas
- Nyveien (1979)
- Fuglan veit (1984)
- Sånt som skjer (1988)
- I det fri (1994)
- Gjennom glass (1999)
- Svømmetak (2001)
- Veranda med sol (2003)
- Hjem til jul (2010)
- Children's books
- I farta (1986)
- Ole P og den merkverdige sola (1990)
- Å plukke en smørblomst (1993; German: How do I pick a buttercup?, Sauerländer-Verlag, Salzburg 1997, ISBN 3-7941-4253-5 )
- Sure, earthy, kjør! (1998; German: Mein Bruder, der Champion , Sauerländer-Verlag, Düsseldorf 2003, ISBN 3-7941-6004-5 )
- One of those scooters (1999)
Web links
- Literature by and about Laila Stien in the catalog of the German National Library
- Laila Stien in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Laila Stien in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lasse Lønnebotn: Ailo Gaup klarte ikke se filmen om seg selv , dagbladet.no , June 13, 2011, accessed on January 14, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stien, Laila |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 16, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hemnes , Norway |