Lise Lunge-Larsen
, b. 1955
Lise Lunge-Larsen grew up in Norway, where her childhood home doubled as an antiquarian bookstore, and she was later educated in the United States. She holds a Masters Degree in Applied Linguistics from the University of Minnesota, with a minor in Children’s Literature, and she has a keen interest in using folktales and storytelling for teaching English to foreign language students. From 1981-87 she both instructed and directed the English Second Language program at the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota. She also served as an adjunct faculty member at the Hamline University in St. Paul, between 1982-1990, before beginning teaching Children’s Literature at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, in 1990 and 1994. She speaks English, German and French alongside her native Norwegian, and she has thrice won the Minnesota Book Award. Her award winning titles include The Tale of the Troll with no Heart in his Body, and Other Tales of Trolls from Norway (1999), The Race of the Birkebeiners (2001) and Tales of the Hidden Folk: Stories of Fairies, Gnomes, Selkies, and Other Hidden Folk (2004). Around her home in Duluth, Minnesota, Lunge-Larsen is affectionately known as “The Troll Lady” for her ongoing engagement with Norway’s mythical creatures.
Sources:
Official website (accessed: May 6, 2021);
gale.com (accessed: May 6, 2021).
Bio prepared by Michelle Wyatt, University of New England, michellewyatt5@gmail.com
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