Olivia Lasky is an Oslo-based translator and editor who focuses on Norwegian to English literary translations. She also translates from North Sámi, Swedish, and Danish.
Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, she received an M.A. in Scandinavian Studies (emphasis on Sámi/Indigenous peoples of the Arctic) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and B.A.s in Scandinavian Studies and English Literature from the University of California-Berkeley . The recipient of several translation awards, she was a mentee in the American Literary Translators Association Emerging Translator Mentorship Program in 2020 and was on the editorial staff of Tidsskriftet Mellom, a Norwegian literary journal that focuses on works in translation, from 2019-2023.
For further details visit: olivialasky.com.
Translated by Olivia Lasky
Marit Kirsten Anti Gaup
:
Čoalkkehii uksii!
,
Noen banket på døra,
2024,
Davvi girji
– Co‑translator: Marit Kirsten Anti Gaup
Lars Henrik Eriksen
:
Oppfinneren, bok 2: Skrotnissens hemmelighet
,
The Inventor Book 2: The Secret of the Scrap Goblin,
2024,
Papercutz
Kjersti Herland Johnsen
:
Jul på Himmelfjell hotell
,
Christmas at Glitter Peak Lodge,
2024,
HarperVia
Edel Marit Gaino
:
Dološ baldonnasat
,
Ancient Ghosts,
2022,
Inhabit Education Books
– Co‑translator: Lea Simma
Marianne Kaurin
:
Syden
,
Our Own Little Paradise,
2022,
Arctis Books
Lisa Aisato
:
Livet - illustrert
,
All the Colors of Life,
2021,
Arctis Books
Anja Røyne
:
Menneskets grunnstoffer
,
The Elements We Live By,
2020,
The Experiment
Lene Wold
:
Ære være mine døtre
,
Inside an Honor Killing,
2019,
Greystone Books
