Turid Farbregd Explained

Turid Farbregd
Nationality:	Norwegian
Education:	Philologist
Occupation:	University lecturer, translator, lexicographer
Awards:	Bastian Prize (1989) Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature (2013) Finnish State Award for Foreign Translators (2016) Book Clubs' Literary Translation Prize (2017) The Letterstedt Association's Nordic Translation Prize (2018)

Turid Farbregd (born 1941) is a Norwegian philologist and translator.^[1] She was awarded the Bastian Prize in 1989, for her translation of poetry by Jaan Kaplinski into Norwegian language.^[2] She received the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 2013, for her translation of Katja Kettu's book Kätilö (The Midwife) into Norwegian.^[3]

She was appointed Government scholar in 1995.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Det skjønnlitterære oversetterfonds pris til Turid Farbregd . oversetterforeningen.no . 1 June 2017 . . Norwegian . 1 June 2019.
2. Encyclopedia: Bastianprisen . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . Norwegian . 1 June 2019.
3. Encyclopedia: Kritikerprisen . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . Norwegian . 1 June 2019.