Turid Farbregd

Turid Farbregd
Turid Farbregd
Born	1941 (age 79–80)
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.

References

"Det skjønnlitterære oversetterfonds pris til Turid Farbregd". oversetterforeningen.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Association of Literary Translators. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Bastianprisen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Kritikerprisen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 June 2019.

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