Aagot Vinterbo-Hohr (born 2 December 1936) is a Norwegian Sami physician and writer.

Biography

Born in Måsøy on 2 December 1936, Vinterbo-Hohr made her literary début in 1987 with the text collection Palimpsest, for which she was awarded the Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. In an essay on indigenous peoples of Northern Europe, Britt Rajala and Kirsten Thisted described Palimpsest as a book being both intellectual and reflective, “at once international and yet clearly Sami”.

Aagot Vinterbo-Hohr

She published the poetry collection Kjærlighetsfuge in 1991.

Aagot Vinterbo-Hohr

As literary researcher in her late seventies, in 2013 Vinterbo-Hohr delivered her dr. thesis ...ein Herz, das zu genesen fürchtet. Goethes Wahlverwandtschaften in 21. Jahrhundert gelesen.

Aagot Vinterbo-Hohr

References

1936 births

20th-century Norwegian poets

Living people

Norwegian women poets

20th-century Norwegian women writers

People from Måsøy