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Hanna Astrup Larsen
1873–1945
A Norwegian-American writer, editor, and translator who helped bring Scandinavian literature to English-language readers in the early 20th century. She is especially remembered for her long work with the American-Scandinavian Review and for books on major Nordic authors.
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Knut Hamsun
by Hanna Astrup Larsen
About the author
Born in Decorah, Iowa, in 1873, she built a career as a writer, literary editor, and translator with a strong interest in Scandinavian culture and literature. She became closely associated with the American-Scandinavian Review, serving first as literary editor and later as editor, and her work helped introduce Nordic writing to readers in the United States.
She also wrote books of her own, including studies of Knut Hamsun and Selma Lagerlöf, and translated or edited a range of Scandinavian works in English. Her career reflects a steady effort to connect American and Nordic literary worlds through criticism, biography, translation, and editorial work.
She died in Elmsford, New York, in 1945. Reliable sources located for this overview confirm her importance as a Norwegian-American literary figure, though I did not find a clearly usable portrait image on the pages I checked.