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Name
  
Kerttu Vuolab


Role
  
Author


Nominations
  
Nordic Council's Literature Prize

Mari Boine & Georg Buljo - Ipmiliin hálešteapmi (Samtale med Gud) (TV2, 2012)


Kerttu Maarit Kirsti Vuolab (May 1, 1951 Utsjoki, Finland) is a Finnish Sámi author, illustrator translator and songwriter, who has made it her life mission to ensure that the Sámi oral tradition, language and culture are passed on to future generations of Sámi through multiple media types. Her works have been translated into other Sámi languages such as Inari and Skolt Sámi as well as non-Sámi languages such as Swedish, Finnish and English.

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Early life

Kerttu Vuolab was born on May 1, 1951 in the village of Outakoski to Nils Ola Vuolab and Kristiina Kitti. She grew up on the Finnish side of the border in the Teno River Valley where she still lives today.

Awards

In 1983, Vuolab won an award from the Sami Writers' Association (SGS) recognizing her contribution to children's literature in Sámi. The same year, she won another award for the same reason from the Finnish Reading Association (FinRa). From January 1, 1994 to December 31, 1998, Vuolab served as artist laureate of the Province of Lapland. On December 6, 2006, Vuolab was awarded the First Class Knight of the White Rose of Finland. In 2011, she was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize for her novel Bárbmoáirras.

Discography

Vuolab has written the words for the following songs for Mari Boine:

  • Eadnán bákti (To Woman, lit. the Rock of My Mother) on Gula gula (1989)
  • Skádja (The Reverberation) on Goaskinviellja (1993) and on Eallin (1996)
  • Ipmiliin hálešteapmi (Conversation With God) on Čuovgga Áirras (2009)
  • Čuovgga Áirras - Sterna Paradisea on Čuovgga Áirras (2009)
  • Translations

    Vuolab has also translated the following song’s words for Eero Magga:

  • Idjastállu (together with Siiri Miettinen. Translation of Tapio Rautavaara’s Sininen Uni)
  • References

    Kerttu Vuolab Wikipedia