Kari Skjønsberg Explained
| Kari Skjønsberg |
| Office1: | 20th President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights |
| Term Start1: | 1972 |
| Term End1: | 1978 |
| Predecessor1: | Clara Ottesen |
| Successor1: | Karin M. Bruzelius |
| Birth Date: | 17 January 1926 |
| Death Date: | 6 January 2003 (aged 76) |
| Nationality: | Norwegian |
| Occupation: | academic and writer |
Kari Skjønsberg (17 January 1926 – 6 January 2003) was a Norwegian academic, writer and feminist.
Biography
She was born in Oslo, Norway. She worked on the Saturday Children's Hour (Lørdagsbarnetimen) on NRK radio during the 1940s. In the 1950s, she was a literary critic for Arbeiderbladet and Verdens Gang. She graduated in 1953 with a dissertation on the development of Norwegian children's stories. She was associate professor of children's literature at the State Library College (Statens bibliotekhøgskole) (now Oslo and Akershus University College) from 1968 to 1994 and served as president of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights from 1972 to 1978. She also wrote a number of books on children's literature. [1] [2] [3]
Kari Skjønsberg prize (Kari Skjønsberg-prisen) was established in 1996 and was first awarded in 1997. It was established to promote research on children's and youth literature. It is awarded annually by the Department of Journalism, Library and Information Studies by Oslo and Akershus University College. Kari Skjønsberg died in 2003 and was buried at Vestre gravlund in Oslo.[4] [5]
Bibliography
- Historie og samfunn : åtte artikler 1956-1991. Oslo, 1995.
- Kjønnsroller og leserroller : åtte artikler 1962-1992 . Oslo, 1995.
- 7 papers on children's literature 1985-1994 : in English, Deutsch, Français . Oslo, 1995.
- Ti artikler om barne- og ungdomslitteratur 1973-1993. Oslo, 1993.
- «Norsk barnelitteratur på 1800-tallet» I: (Finlands barnboksinstitut. Skrifter ; 3).
- Hvor var kvinnene? : elleve kvinner om årene 1945-1960. Gyldendal, 1979
- Hvem forteller? : om adaptasjoner i barnelitteratur. Tiden, 1979.
- Fernanda Nissen. Tiden, 1978
- Kjønnsrollemønster i skandinaviske barne- og ungdomsbøker. København : Gyldendal, 1977.
- Camilla Collett. Tiden, 1976
- Gavnlige og morende Fortællinger for Børn : Et utvalg av eldre norsk barnelitteratur. Samlet og presentert av Kari Skjønsberg. Aschehoug, 1974.
- Mannssamfunnet midt imot. Norsk kvinnesaksdebatt gjennom tre «mannsaldre». En antologi ved Kari Skjønsberg. Gyldendal, 1974
- Kjønnsroller, miljø og sosial lagdeling i barnelitteraturen. Universitetsforlaget, 1972
References
Notes and References
- Web site: Kari Skjønsberg . Store norske leksikon. Sofie Arneberg. April 1, 2018.
- Barnelitteratur og kvinnesak – eller omvendt : Kari Skjønsberg 1926-1996, Festschrift, Oslo University College, 1996
- Elisabeth Lønnå: Stolthet og kvinnekamp: Norsk kvinnesaksforenings historie fra 1913, Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1996,
- Web site: Kari Skjønsbergs pris . Store norske leksikon. Sofie Arneberg. April 1, 2018.
- Web site: Kari Skjønsberg-prisen . Store norske leksikon. Vidar Iversen. April 1, 2018.
