Turid Farbregd

Turid Farbregd
Turid Farbregd
Born	8 March 1941 (age 85)
Education	Philologist
Occupations	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 8 March 1941) is a Norwegian philologist and translator.

Career

Born in Gjesdal on 8 March 1941, Farbregd was awarded the Bastian Prize in 1989, for her translation of poetry by Jaan Kaplinski into Norwegian language. She received the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 2013, for her translation of Katja Kettu's book Kätilö (The Midwife) into Norwegian.

She was appointed Government scholar in 1995.

↑ "Det skjønnlitterære oversetterfonds pris til Turid Farbregd". oversetterforeningen.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Association of Literary Translators. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
1 2 Haugen, Morten O. "Turid Farbregd". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 11 November 2026.
↑ 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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Turid Farbregd

Born	(1941-03-08) 8 March 1941 (age 85)
Education	Philologist
Occupations	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)