Kari Risvik Explained

Kari Risvik
Birth Date:13 June 1932
Nationality:Norwegian
Spouse:Kjell Risvik
Occupation:Translator
Awards:Fritt Ord Honorary Award (1996)
Brage Honorary Prize (2006)

Kari Risvik (13 June 1932 – 6 November 2021) was a Norwegian translator, one of the most productive translators of literature into Norwegian language. She has translated books from several languages, including English, Spanish and German.[1]

She received the Fritt Ord Honorary Award in 1996, for bringing works by Salman Rushdie into Norwegian.[2] She was awarded the Brage Honorary Prize, in 2006, along with her husband Kjell Risvik.[3]

Risvik died on 6 November 2021.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Kari Risvik . Store norske leksikon. Henriksen, Petter . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo. Norwegian. 30 June 2010.
  2. Web site: Fritt Ords Honnør 1996. Kari Risvik . frittord.no . no . 21 December 2022.
  3. Web site: Tidligere vinnere av Brageprisen. Norwegian. 30 June 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110724174843/http://www.brageprisen.no/tekster/d4WzT2BbUWZ.15.idium. 24 July 2011.