Eva Valvo

Translates from Norwegian into Italian

Born in Denmark and raised in Italy in a Danish-Italian family, Eva Valvo did Classical studies at the University of Pisa and wrote her PhD thesis on Saxo Grammaticus’ History of Denmark written in Medieval Latin. She started to work as a full-time literary translator in 2012 and is an active literary scout specialised in Danish and Norwegian literature for children and YA.
She is a board member of the translators’ union Strade that she represents in the European Council of Literary Translators’ Associations.
She co-ordinates two peer-to-peer training programmes for translators from Nordic languages into Italian and viceversa, the Nordic<>Italian “Viceversa” and “Laboratorio Nordico”. She co-ordinates translation events at the Palermo Festival delle Letterature Migranti, and is part of the scientific committee of the 2024 IBBY International Congress.

N.B Only translations from Norwegian are listed below (for translations from Danish see the attached portfolio in pdf).

Translated by Eva Valvo

Jørn Lier Horst : Blindgang , Il giudizio del passato, 2024, Rizzoli – Co‑translator: Claudia Valeria Letizia

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Jørgen Moe : Fortellinger om Troll og Magi. De mest populære norske eventyrene , Racconti di troll e magia. Le più amate fiabe norvegesi, 2024, Moment Forlag

Martine Grande : Ørn , Io e Aquila, 2023, Il gatto verde

Nora Brech : Den store fuglejakten , Alla ricerca dell’uccello arcobaleno, 2023, Terre di Mezzo

Jørn Lier Horst : Hulemannen , Corpi dimenticati, 2023, Rizzoli

Trygve Skaug - Ella Okstad : Hvis jeg var statsminister , Il mondo come lo vorrei, 2023, Mondadori

Nora Brech : Hvem vil komme i bursdagen min? , Compleanno al Polo Nord, 2022, Terre di Mezzo

Håkon Øvreås : Blåse , Bluisa, 2022, Giunti

Nora Dåsnes : Ti kniver i hjertet , Nel mio cuore tempesta, 2022, Mondadori

Håkon Øvreås : Svartle , Neri X, 2021, Giunti

Maja Lunde : Snøsøsteren , Sorella di neve, 2020, Giunti

Nina Brochmann - Ellen Støkken Dahl : Jenteboka , Cose da ragazze, 2020, Sonzogno – Co‑translator: Claudia Valeria Letizia

Julie Andem : SKAM 1-4 , SKAM 1-4, 2020, Giunti – Co‑translator: Margherita Podestà Heir

Håkon Øvreås : Brune , Aaron X, 2020, Giunti