Máret Ánne Sara

Máret Ánne Sara (born 1983) is a Sami artist and author born in Norway. She lives and works in Kautokeino.

Máret Ánne Sara
Born1983 (age 37–38)[1]
Hammerfest, Norway[1]
OccupationArtist and author
LanguageSami
NationalityNorwegian
EducationArts University Bournemouth
Website
maretannesara.com

Biography

Máret Ánne Sara was born in Hammerfest and grew up in Finnmark county in a reindeer herding family that had its summer pasture on Kvaløya.[2] She received her education in art from Arts University Bournemouth in the United Kingdom.[3] She was nominated for the Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize in 2014 for her Sami-language young adult fantasy novel Ilmmiid gaskkas (Between Worlds).[4] Her artwork was featured in the documenta 14 exhibition in 2017.[1]

Works
  • Ilmmiid gaskkas (Between Worlds), young adult fantasy novel, Kautokeino, Norway: DAT, 2013
  • Doaresbealde doali, young adult fantasy novel, Kautokeino, Norway: DAT, 2014

References
  1. García-Antón, Katya. "Máret Ánne Sara". documenta14. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  2. Palmer, Marion; Sara, Máret Ánne. "Galskap: Ei kjærlighetshistorie" [Madness: A Love Story]. RiddoDuottarMuseat (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  3. "Maret Anne Sara". Nordlys. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  4. "Máret Ánne Sara". Nordic Council. 2014. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
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