Rose-Marie Huuva, Date of Birth

Rose-Marie Huuva

Swedish Sami writer

Date of Birth: 13-Jul-1943

Profession: writer, poet, author, artist, textile artist

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Ragnel Rose-Marie Huuva (born 13 July 1943, Rensjön, Gabna Sami village, Kiruna Municipality) is a Swedish Sámi visual and textile artist, as well as a poet.
As a poet, she first became published in magazines and anthologies in 1981.
Her lyrical breakthrough occurred in 1999 with the poetry collection Galbma Radna ("Cold comrade").
She was nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2001.
In 2003 she was awarded the Cultural Scholarship Rubus arcticus.Beside Swedish her poems were also translated to Icelandic and Finnish as well as German.