Writer and translator Barbara Sjoholm talks about the art of translation and her joy at helping bring some of the stories of the indigenous Sami people to a broader audience.
Clearing Out by Helene Uri and translated by Barbara Sjoholm is published by the University of Minnesota Press.
By the Fire: Sami Folktales and Legends by Emilie Demant Hatt and translated by Barbara Sjoholm is also published by the University of Minnesota Press.
Barbara Sjoholm made mention of two other books in this conversation: another book written by Emilie Demant Hatt and translated by Sjoholm called With the Lapps in the High Mountains, published by the University of Wisconsin Press, and Black Fox:
A Life of Emilie Demant Hatt, Artist and Ethnographer written by Sjoholm herself. It, too, is published by the University of Wisconsin Press.
