Guri Vesaas

Guri Vesaas (born 13 January 1939) is a Norwegian writer and translator of children's books, and former editor at the publishing house Samlaget.

[1] Vesaas was born in Vinje,[2] a daughter of novelist Tarjei Vesaas and poet Halldis Moren Vesaas, and sister of Olav Vesaas.

from the University of Oslo in 1965.

[2] She was awarded the Brage Prize honorary award in 2007,[4] and also the Nynorsk User of the Year award.

[2][5] She has translated more than 50 children's books into Norwegian, using the pseudonym Hanna Midtbø, after the farm Midtbø in Vinje, where she grew up.