Herbjørg Wassmo

1942 -

country of citizenship: Norway

languages spoken, written or signed: Norwegian

award received: Amalie Skram Award, Norwegian Booksellers' Prize, Havmannprisen, Gyldendal's Endowment, Nordland fylkes kulturpris, Premio Fredrikke, Commander of the Order of St. Olav‎, Brage Prize honorary award, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Anders Jahre's Art and Culture Prize, Petter Dass-medaljen, Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature, Nordic Council Literature Prize, Jean Monnet Prize, Eeva Joenpelto Prize

Herbjørg Wassmo (born 6 December 1942) is a Norwegian author.She was born in Vesterålen and worked as a teacher in northern Norway until beginning her career as an author. Her first published work was a collection of poems, "Vingeslag" ("Beating of Wings"). Her major breakthrough was her first novel, "Huset med den blinde glassveranda" ("The House with the Blind Glass Porch") in 1981.Her 1989 novel, Dinas bok (Dina's Book), was made into a film titled I Am Dina in 2002, starring Maria Bonnevie and Gérard Depardieu. Source: Wikipedia (en)