Ailo Gaup
Ailo Gaup (18 June 1944, in Kautokeino – 24 September 2014, in Norway) was a Sámi author who wrote in Norwegian. He lived in Oslo. He was involved in founding the Sámi theater Beaivváš Sámi Theatre in Kautokeino and also wrote plays for the theater.
Ailo Gaup
- Full name
- Eallána Bireha Áilu.
- Born
- 1944. · Kautokeino Municipality.
- Died
- 2014. · Oslo.
- Nationality
- Norway.
- Occupation
- writer, noaidi and poet.
- Languages
- Norwegian.
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Ailo Gaup (18 June 1944, in Kautokeino – 24 September 2014, in Norway) was a Sámi author who wrote in Norwegian. He lived in Oslo. He was involved in founding the Sámi theater Beaivváš Sámi Theatre in Kautokeino and also wrote plays for the theater.
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His novels have been translated into English, German, French and Polish. He made his debut as a poet in 1982 with the collection of poems Joiken og kniven, followed by the collections I Stallos natt (1984) and Under dobbelt Stjernehimmel (1986). Gaup depicts the lives and culture of the Sami people and their struggle to survive as a people. The novel Trommereisen (1988) and the independent sequel Natten mellem dagene(1992) depicts encounters between modern society and the Sami mythical conception of nature that is linked to the knowledge of the graces. Gaup has also made many sound recordings with Sami lyrics and music.
• Trommereisen (1988) • Natten mellom dagene (1992)
Poetry
Poetry
• Joiken og kniven (1982) • I Stallos natt (1984) • Under dobbel stjernehimmel (1986)
Plays
Plays
• Min duoddarat (Våre vidder) (1983) - lines for a Sámi musical. • Gullspråket (1990) - play.
Non-fiction
Non-fiction
• Sjamansonen (2005) • Inn i naturen (2007)
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Kautokeino Municipality.
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Oslo.
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- 1.Eirik Solum. Sjaman Ailo Gaup er død. magasinetvisjon.no. 2014-09-25.
- 2.Johan Ante Utsi. Forfatteren Ailo Gaup er død. nrk.no. 2014-09-25.
- 3.Ralph Tuchtenhagen: Religion in Norwegen, erschienen in: Markus Porsche-Ludwig, Jürgen Bellers (Hrsg.): Handbuch der Religionen der Welt. Bände 1 und 2, Traugott Bautz, Nordhausen 2012, ISBN 978-3-88309-727-5. S. 327–328.
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