Ellen Marie Vars
Ellen Marie Vars (born 12 August 1957) is a Norwegian Sami writer.
Also recorded as Elle Márjá Vars
Ellen Marie Vars
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- Name
- Ellen Marie Vars
- Born
- 12 August 1957
- Birthplace
- Láhpoluoppal, Kautokeino, Norway
- Occupation
- novelist
- Awards
- Saami Council's literary prize (2005)
- Full name
- Elle Márjá Vars.
- Nationality
- Norway.
- Honours
- Saami Council Literature Prize.
- Languages
- Northern Sami and Norwegian.
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• Name — Ellen Marie Vars • Born — 12 August 1957 • Birthplace — Láhpoluoppal, Kautokeino, Norway • Occupation — novelist • Awards — Saami Council's literary prize (2005)
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Ellen Marie Vars was born in Láhpoluoppal in Kautokeino Municipality.
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Literary career
She made her literary debut in 1986 with the youth novel Kátjá, one of the most read Sami books in Norway. Her novel Čábbámus iđitguovssu earned her the Saami Council Literature Prize in 2005. Čábbámus iđitguovssu has been translated into English as The most beautiful dawn, and illustrated by Trygve Lund Guttormsen. She was the first chief editor of the Sami language newspaper Áššu, from its establishment in 1993.
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