Rauna Paadar-Leivo

Rauna Paadar-Leivo (born 1942) is an Inari Sámi author who writes children's books, plays and novels in Northern Sámi. She currently lives in Inari and works at the Sami Parliament in Finland. Her books have been translated into Finnish, Norwegian, Russian and Inari Sámi. In 2000, the municipality of Inari awarded her its cultural prize.

Bibliography[]

• Mo giđđa boahtá Sápmái (1988, illustrated by )
• Luobbalvári stallu (1989, illustrated by )
• Hálssatanjeakki noaidi (1990, illustrated by , translated by Matti Morottaja into Inari Sámi as Halstemjeegi noaidi in 1990. Also translated into Finnish the same year under the name Halstamojängän noita)
• Skábmanieida (1992, illustrated by )
• Goalsenjárga (1994, translated into Finnish in 1997 as Vieras talvi)
• Jokŋanieiddaš (1996, illustrated by )
• Vuoi dan Karenina (2000, illustrated by )

Awards[]

• The Cultural Prize of the Municipality of Inari, 2000

External links[]

• Sámi literature, What do we know about it?

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