About Kari Risvik
Lived 1932 – 2021 (aged 89). Kari Risvik was a Norwegian translator.
Kari Risvik (13 June 1932 – 6 November 2021) was a Norwegian translator, one of the most productive translators of literature into Norwegian language. She has translated books from several languages, including English, Spanish and German.
She received the Fritt Ord Honorary Award in 1996, for bringing works by Salman Rushdie into Norwegian. She was awarded the Brage Honorary Prize, in 2006, along with her husband Kjell Risvik.
Risvik died on 6 November 2021.
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Who was Kari Risvik?
Norwegian translator
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Kari Risvik was born on 13 June 1932.
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Kari Risvik died on 6 November 2021 in Rødtvet.
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Kari Risvik was a translator.
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Kari Risvik was Norwegian.
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