Turid Farbregd

Turid Farbregd
Born	1941 (age 83–84)
Nationality	Norwegian
Education	Philologist
Occupation(s)	University lecturer, translator, lexicographer
Awards	Bastian Prize (1989) Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature (2013) Finnish State Award for Foreign Translators (2016) Book Clubs' Literary Translation Prize (2017) The Letterstedt Association's Nordic Translation Prize (2018)

Turid Farbregd (born 1941) is a Norwegian philologist and translator.[1] She was awarded the Bastian Prize in 1989, for her translation of poetry by Jaan Kaplinski into Norwegian language.[2] She received the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 2013, for her translation of Katja Kettu's book Kätilö (The Midwife) into Norwegian.[3]

She was appointed Government scholar in 1995.

References

1. "Det skjønnlitterære oversetterfonds pris til Turid Farbregd". oversetterforeningen.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Association of Literary Translators. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
2. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Bastianprisen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
3. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Kritikerprisen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 June 2019.