Merete Alfsen

Merete Alfsen is a Norwegian translator.

Career

Alfsen started working as translator in 1981, and has translated more than ninety books into Norwegian language. She has previously been literary critic for the newspaper Dagbladet, and freelancer host for the radio shows ' and '.

Alfsen was born on 14 February 1950, a daughter of engineer Petter Alfsen and Torill Riise-Hansen. She was married to diplomat Terje Rød-Larsen from 1971 to 1982.

1992: Norwegian culture and church department's translator prize for child and youth literature for her translation of John [Marsden (writer)|John Marsden]'s So much to tell you
1994: Bastian Prize in 1994, for her translation of Virginia Woolf's novel Orlando into Norwegian.
1997: The Book Club's fiction translator prize
2006: Bastian Prize for child and youth literature for her translation of William Nicholson's The [Wind Singer]
2011: Norwegian [Critics Prize for Literature] in 2011, for translation of A. S. Byatt's novel The Children's Book into Norwegian langue.
2016: Norwegian Academy Prize in memory of Thorleif Dahl.