Ailo Gaup (author)
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Ailo Gaup is a Sámi
shaman and author who writes in Norwegian. He currently lives in Oslo
. He was involved in founding the Sámi theater Beaivváš Sámi Theatre
in Kautokeino and has also written some plays for the theater. His novels have been translated into English, German, French and Polish.
Sami people
The Sami people, also spelled Sámi, or Saami, are the arctic indigenous people inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of far northern Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Kola Peninsula of Russia, and the border area between south and middle Sweden and Norway. The Sámi are Europe’s northernmost...
shaman and author who writes in Norwegian. He currently lives in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
. He was involved in founding the Sámi theater Beaivváš Sámi Theatre
Beaivváš Sámi Theatre
Beaivváš Sámi Theatre is a Norwegian theatre that uses Sami language as its performing language...
in Kautokeino and has also written some plays for the theater. His novels have been translated into English, German, French and Polish.
Poetry
- Joiken og kniven (1982)
- I Stallos natt (1984)
- Under dobbel stjernehimmel (1986)
Plays
- Min duoddarat (Våre vidder) (1983) - lines for a Sámi musical.
- Gullspråket (1990) - play.