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Karin Gundersen

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Karin Gundersen
Born(1944-08-27)27 August 1944
Died4 June 2024(2024-06-04) (aged 79)
Oslo, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Occupation(s)University professor and translator
EmployerUniversity of Oslo
Awards

Karin Gundersen (27 August 1944[1] – 4 June 2024)[2] was a Norwegian literary scholar and translator. A professor of French literature at the University of Oslo, she was also a translator of French literary works.[3] She was awarded the Bastian Prize in 1993, for her translation of Stendhal's novel The Charterhouse of Parma into Norwegian.[4] She received the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 2006, for translation of Stendhal's autobiography The Life of Henry Brulard into Norwegian langue.[5] She was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 2006.[6]

She was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters[7] and the Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Karin Gundersen (in Norwegian)
  2. ^ Karin Gundersen er død (in Norwegian)
  3. ^ Holt, Ole Øyvind Sand (14 November 2014). "De oversette". DNMagasinet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  4. ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Bastianprisen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  5. ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Kritikerprisen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  6. ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Doblougprisen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi. Medlemmer" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
Awards
Preceded by Recipient of the Bastian Prize
1993
Succeeded by