Ellen Marie Vars
Ellen Marie Vars | |
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 Vars in 2016 | |
| Born | 12 August 1957 Láhpoluoppal, Kautokeino, Norway |
| Occupation | novelist |
| Awards | Saami Council's literary prize (2005) |
Ellen Marie Vars (born 12 August 1957) is a Norwegian Sami writer.
Biography
Ellen Marie Vars was born in Láhpoluoppal in Kautokeino Municipality.
Literary career
She made her literary debut in 1986 with the youth novel Kátjá , one of the most read Sami books in Norway. Her novel Čábbámus iđitguovssu earned her the Saami Council Literature Prize in 2005.[1][2] Čábbámus iđitguovssu has been translated into English as The most beautiful dawn, and illustrated by Trygve Lund Guttormsen.
She was the first chief editor of the Sami language newspaper Áššu, from its establishment in 1993.[3]
References
- ↑ Skåden, Sigbjørn. "Ellen Marie Vars". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- ↑ "Får samiskt litteraturpris för sin ungdomsroman - Sameradion". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 14 October 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
- ↑ Ijäs, Arne Johansen. "Áššu". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
Categories:
- 1957 births
- Living people
- People from Kautokeino Municipality
- 20th-century Norwegian novelists
- 20th-century Norwegian women novelists
- 21st-century Norwegian novelists
- 21st-century Norwegian women novelists
- Sámi-language Norwegian writers
- Norwegian Sámi writers
- Saami Council Literature Prize
- Norwegian novelist stubs