Elin Anna Labba (Northern Sami: Joná Gusttu Elin Ánná; born November 30, 1980, Kiruna / Giron, Sweden) is a Sámi author and journalist. She has won multiple prizes for her first book Herrarna satte oss hit: om tvångsförflyttningarna i Sverige (English: The Gentlemen Put Us Here: About the Forced Relocations in Sweden), which describes the forced migration of the Sámi from Norway to Sweden from 1919 to 1920.
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| Native name | Joná Gusttu Elin Ánná |
| Born | Joná Gusttu Elin Ánná November 30, 1980 Kiruna, Sweden |
| Occupation | author and journalist |
| Alma mater | University of Gothenburg |
| Notable awards | August Prize (2020) Norrland Literature Prize (2021) Hedevind Plaquette (2022) |
Early years and education
editElin Anna Labba was born on November 30, 1980, in Kiruna, Sweden, where she also grew up.[1] She moved to Gothenburg to study journalism at the Department of Journalism, Media and Communication at the University of Gothenburg.[2] At the same time she was studying, Labba was also working as a journalist for P4 Norrbotten, SR Sápmi, and the Sámi news magazine Samefolket.[1] She graduated from the University of Gothenburg in 2008.[2]
Career
editSince she graduated, Labba worked as the editor-in-chief of Nuorat and as the director of communications at Laponiatjuottjudus. Currently, she is employed as a project manager at the writer's center Tjállegoahte in Jokkmokk, Sweden.
In 2020, she debuted as an author with the Swedish-language book Herrarna satte oss hit: om tvångsförflyttningarna i Sverige, which was translated and released the same year in Northern Sámi under the title Hearrát dat bidje min: bággojohtimiid birra. It was translated from Swedish to Norwegian Bokmål and published in 2021 as Herrene sendte oss hit: om tvangsflyttingen av samene.
Awards
editIn 2020, Labba was awarded the August Prize for her book Herrarna satte oss hit: om tvångsförflyttningarna i Sverige. In 2021, she won the Norrland Literature Prize for the same book. In 2022, she was awarded the Hedevind Plaquette.[3]
Bibliography
editBooks
edit- Herrarna satte oss hit: om tvångsförflyttningarna i Sverige, Norstedts 2020, ISBN 9789113101682 (in Swedish)
- Hearrát dat bidje min: bággojohtimiid birra, Norstedts 2020, ISBN 9789113102436 (translated from Swedish to Northern Sámi by Lea Simma)
- Herrene sendte oss hit: om tvangsflyttingen av samene, Pax 2021, ISBN 9788253042480 (translated from Swedish to Norwegian Bokmål by Trude Marstein)
- The Rocks Will Echo Our Sorrow: The Forced Displacement of the Northern Sámi, University of Minnesota Press 2023, ISBN (cloth/jacket edition) 9781517913304, ISBN 9781452970530 (translated from Swedish to English by Fiona Graham)
Anthologies
edit- Du blir vad du säger: om hatspråk, yttrandefrihet och vikten av ett demokratiskt samtal, Sjöberg, Henrik, Carlberg, Ingrid, and Bengtsson, Jesper. Norstedts 2021, ISBN 9789113117881 (in Swedish)
- Inifrån Sápmi: vittnesmål från stulet land, red. Patricia Fjellgren and Malin Nord, Verbal 2021, ISBN 9789189155497 (in Swedish)
References
edit- ^ a b "Elin Anna Labba". Biblioteken i Norrbotten (in Swedish). Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
- ^ a b "Möt JMG:s studenter i journalistik". Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation (in Swedish). Retrieved November 7, 2021.
- ^ Westerberg, Anna (2022-05-17). "Hedenvindplaketten utdelad till Elin Anna Labba". jamtlandstidning.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-05-27.