Aimée Sommerfelt

Aimée Sommerfelt

Infobox Writer
name = Aimée Sommerfelt


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birthdate = 8 April 1892
birthplace = Oslo, Norway
deathdate = 1975
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nationality = Norwegian
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genre = children's books, young adult fiction
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notableworks = "The Road to Agra"
spouse = Alf Sommerfelt
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awards = Jane Addams Children's Book Award, Josette Frank Award


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Aimée Sommerfelt (8 April 1892 – 1975cite web
title=The Road to Agra: About the Author
url=http://encarta.msn.com/sidebar_701712181/road_to_agra_the.html
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publisher=Microsoft
accessdate=2008-06-12
] cite web
title=Road to Agra: About the Author
url=http://www.novelguide.com/a/bgly_study_guides/Vol3-bgly/road_to_agra_About_the_Author.html
accessdate=2008-06-12
] ) was a Norwegian author of numerous children's books and young adult novels.

She was most famous for her 1959 work "The Road to Agra". In 1961, it became her first book to be published in the United States, being translated into English by Evelyn Ramsden. For "The Road to Agra", Sommerfelt won the Jane Addams Children's Book Award and the Josette Frank Award.

Personal life

She was the daughter of a psychiatrist, Henrik Arnold Thaulow (not to be confused with the writer Henrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland).

She married linguist Alf Sommerfelt.

She became blind late in her life.

Themes in her work

Her books usually highlighted issues of social justice. They placed child protagonists in extremely difficult circumstances, such as poverty and wartime.

Bibliography

* "Miriam" (1950)
* "The Road to Agra" (1959) (translated into English by Evelyn Ramsden in 1961)
* "The White Bungalow" (1962), sequel to "The Road to Agra"
* "My Name Is Pablo" (1964)

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