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Gabriele Haefs
German writer and translator (born 1953) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gabriele Haefs (born 27 August 1953) is a German writer and translator.
Personal life and education
Haefs was born in Wachtendonk to Johann Heinrich Haefs and Annie Pasch, and married the Norwegian novelist Ingvar Ambjørnsen in 1985.[1] She graduated with a doctorate in folkloristics from the University of Hamburg in 1982.[2]
Career
Haefs is credited for having discovered Jostein Gaarder's novel Sophie's World, which she translated into German language, and eventually became a worldwide bestseller. She was decorated Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit in 2011.[3] She was awarded the Willy Brandt Prize in 2000.[4]
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