Hwasue Warberg is the first professional literary translator to translate Norwegian literature directly from Norwegian into Korean. With a keen eye for literary trends, market developments and readers’ interests, she has played a key role in introducing and promoting Norwegian literature in South Korea.
Since 2003, she has translated over 130 books, over 110 from Norwegian, as well as works from Swedish and Danish.
Her translation of Fosse's Melancholia I–II was a finalist for the 64th Korean Herald Publishing Culture Award. She received the NORLA Translator's Award (2012), an artist grant from Arts Council Norway (2021–2022), and a South Korean presidential honor for cultural exchange (2019).
She studied English literature in Seoul and trained as a concert pianist at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.
She is also actively involved in promoting literature, both locally in Norway and internationally.
For a full list of translations, see the downloadable CV on the left.
Translated by Hwasue Warberg
Translations from Norwegian:
(For a complete list of translations, including works translated from other languages, please see the CV on the left.)
Anna Fiske - Lille Løve
Erik Fosnes Hansen – Løvekvinnen
Jon Fosse – Kvitleik
Jon Fosse – Melancholia I–II
Jon Fosse – Vaim
Jon Fosse – Vaim Hotell
Jostein Gaarder – Akkurat passe
Jostein Gaarder – Det er vi som er her nå
Jostein Gaarder – Dukkeføreren
Jostein Gaarder – Julemysteriet
Jostein Gaarder – Slottet i Pyreneene
Frode Grytten – Den dagen Nils Vik døde
Frode Grytten – Leggetid
Frode Grytten – Vinter, vinter, vinter, vår
Jan Grue – Jeg lever et liv som ligner deres
Kristin M. Bottenmark – Adopsjonsoppgjøret
Karl Ove Knausgård – Min Kamp series
Maja Lunde – Bienes historie
Per Petterson – Jeg nekter
Per Petterson – Ut og stjæle hester
Tore Renberg – Tollak til Ingeborg
Ingvild H. Rishøi – Stargate-en julefortelling
Kjersti Skomsvold – Svømmefugl
Simon Stranger – Barsakh
Simon Stranger – Verdensredderne
Tom Egeland – Lucifers evengelium
Tom Egeland – Nostradamus' Testamente
Tom Egeland – Sirkelens ende
Thomas Hylland Eriksen – Storeulvsyndromet
Tomas Espedal – Imot naturen
Roy Jacobsen – Hvitt hav
Are Kalvø – Hyttebok frå helvete
Ole Thorstensen – En snekkers dagbok
Ole Thorstensen – Hendenes Metode
Sigrid Undset – Små Piker
Osv.