Lisa Aisato N'jie Solberg, pen name Lisa Aisato (born 23 July 1981), is a Norwegian visual artist, illustrator and author of

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Personal life

Aisato was born in

Kolbotn Kolbotn is an Urban areas in the Nordic countries#Urban areas in Norway, urban area in Norway's Nordre Follo municipality in Akershus county. Kolbotn is in the centre of the traditional district, Oppegård. The population is about 6,000. Kolbotn ...

, Norway, to a Norwegian mother and

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n father. Among her siblings is her sister Haddy N'jie. Aisato resides in

Skjærhalden Skjærhalden is the administrative centre of Hvaler municipality, Norway. It is located on the island Kirkeøy Kirkeøy is the largest island in the Norwegian municipality of Hvaler. Its name means "church island" and is derived from Hvaler Chu ...

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Career

Aisato is educated at the art institutions and . She made her picture book debut in 2008, with ''Mine to oldemødre''. Further books are ''Odd er et egg'' from 2010, ''Fugl'' from 2013, and ''En fisk til Luna'' from 2014. She has illustrated books by others, including Tor Åge Bringsværd, Gaute Heivoll (''Svalene under isen'' from 2012), Maja Lunde (''Snøsøsteren'' from 2018), and

Linn Skåber Linn Skåber (born 31 March 1970) is a Norwegian actress, singer, comedian, text writer and TV personality. She made her stage début on Oslo Nye Teater (''Centralteatret'') in 1997, playing the title role in Goldoni's comic opera '' Mirandol ...

(''Til ungdommen'' from 2018). She regularly contributes with illustrations to the newspaper ''

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'' supplement ''Magasinet''. Aisato was awarded Teskjekjerringprisen in 2016, together with her sister and cowriter Haddy N'jie, for the book ''Snart sover du. Et års god natt''. Her book ''Odd er et egg'' was basis for the

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'' Odd is an Egg'', directed by Kristin Ulseth, which won a prize for "Best animated short" at the

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in 2017. The film was also nominated for prizes at

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, and

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. Her 2019 book ' ("Life – illustrated"), a collection of illustrations supplied with poetic texts, was met with good reviews and sales figures.

Awards

* 2019,

Norwegian Booksellers' Prize The Norwegian Booksellers' Prize (''Bokhandlerprisen'') is a literature prize awarded annually by the Norwegian Booksellers Association after voting among all who work in Norwegian bookstores. The prize is awarded for one of the year's books in ...

Referencesdag

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aisato, Lisa 1981 births Living people People from Kolbotn Norwegian people of Gambian descent Norwegian women children's book illustrators Norwegian children's book illustrators Norwegian children's writers Norwegian women children's writers