Aagot Vinterbo-Hohr
Norwegian Sami physician and writer (born 1936)
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Biography
Born in Måsøy Municipality in Finnmark county on 2 December 1936, Vinterbo-Hohr made her literary début in 1987 with the text collection Palimpsest,[1] for which she was awarded the Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris.[2] 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”.[3]
She published the poetry collection Kjærlighetsfuge in 1991.[1]
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.[1]
