Kristin Lie Garrubo left her native Norway and a job as a lecturer at the University of Oslo in 1998 to embark on a new chapter in Brazil. Her passion for books and languages led her to pursue the dream of practicing the art of the impossible, otherwise known as literary translation. This journey in the landscape of fairy-tails, novels, delightful children’s books and non-fiction has taken her to the texts of Norwegian authors like Maja Lunde, Per Petterson, Vigdis Hjorth, Dag Solstad, Kristin Roskifte, and Åsne Seierstad, as well as those of Swedish, Danish and Brazilian writers. It has also resulted in a Brazilian IBBY Award and recognition by the school library programme. To let readers have access to ideas, realities, and images that only a translation can give them is what keeps her going in the pursuit of somehow making the art of the impossible possible.
Translated by Kristin Lie Garrubo
Camilla Kuhn: Samira og skjelettene, to be published in Brazil by Companhia das Letras in 2022
Vigdis Hjorth: Arv og miljø, to be published in Brazil by HarperCollins Brasil in 2022
Nina Brochmann and Ellen Støkken Dahl: Jenteboka, published in Brazil in 2021 by Companhia das Letras under the title Tudo muda: um guia alegre e sincero sobre a puberdade
Maja Lunde: Blå, published in Brazil in 2021 by Editora Morro Branco under the title Além do oceano
Kristin Roskifte: Alle sammen teller, published in Brazil in 2020 by Companhia das Letras under the title Todas as pessoas contam
Marta Breen and Jenny Jordahl: Kvinner i kamp: 150 års kamp for frihet, likhet, søsterskap!, published in Brazil in 2019 by Companhia das Letras under the title Mulheres na luta: 150 anos em busca de liberdade, igualdade e sororidade
Bobbie Peers: Luridiumstyven, published in Brazil in 2017 by HarperCollins Brasil under the title William Wenton e o Ladrão de Lurídio
Nina Brochmann and Ellen Støkken Dahl: Gleden med skjeden, published in Brazil in 2017 by Companhia das Letras under the title Viva a Vagina
Jo Nesbø: Politi, published in Brazil in 2017 by Editora Record under the title Polícia
Jo Nesbø: Gjenferd, published in Brazil in 2017 by Editora Record under the title O Fantasma
Maja Lunde: Bienes historie, published in Brazil in 2016 by Editora Morro Branco under the title Tudo que deixamos para trás
Dag Solstad: Ellevte roman, bok atten, published in Brazil in 2016 by Numa Editora under the title romance 11, livro 18
Åsne Seierstad: En av oss, published in Brazil in 2016 by Editora Record under the title Um de Nós (the publishers presented the translation for the National Library’s Literary Prize in 2016, but the nomination was rejected due to translator’s non-Brazilian citizenship)
Asbjørnsen & Moe: Norske folkeeventyr, published in Brazil in 2014 by Berlendis & Vertecchia Editores under the title Por que o Mar é Salgado, Contos populares da Noruega (received the 2015 Brazilian IBBY award in the category best Translation/Adaptation/Retelling)
Jo Nesbø: Hodejegerne, published in Brazil in 2012 by Editora Record under the title Headhunters
Per Petterson: Ut og stjæle hester, published in Brazil in 2010 by Verus Editora under the title Cavalos Roubados (nominated by the publishing house for the 2011 Jabuti Award in the category best translation)
Åsne Seierstad: De krenkede, published in Brazil in 2008 by Editora Record under the title Crianças de Grozni
Berge Furre: Norsk historie, published in Brazil in 2007 by Edifurb under the title História da Noruega