Inghilda Tapio
Inger Gunhild Maria "Inghilda" Tapio(née Valkeapää, born February 1946 in Gárasavvon, Sweden) is a Saami author, poet, translator, and actress. She writes in both Northern Saami and Swedish.
Biography
[edit]Inghilda Tapio grew up in a Saami reindeer herding family within the Könkämä Sámi reindeer herding village.[1]When she was 7, she was forced to go live in aresidential schoolsince the Swedish Government had decided to do away with the mobile versions shortly before she had to go to school. After graduation, she studied Swedish, Northern Saami, English, and pedagogy atUmeå University.Later on, she studied art atSunderby Folk High Schooland dramaturgy inInari,Finland.[2]
Afterwards, she has worked as an actress with the Sámi theatersDálvadisandGiron Sámi Teáhterin Kiruna, Sweden and as a teacher. At the same time, she also dedicated herself to writing, drawing, and painting. In 1979, she made her literary debut with the bookMu luondu sámi luondu.[2]In 1995, she won theSaami Council Literature Prizefor the Northern Sámi anthologyIi fal dan dihte.[3]
Tapio lives and works in the border town of Karesuando, where she was born. She and her family share a studio in Čuovžavuohppi where they create literature and artwork together.[2]
In 2016, Australian film directorJanet Merewetherreleased a film calledReindeer In My Saami Heart,a portrait of Tapio.[4]
Awards and recognitions
[edit]- 1997 –Saami Council Literature Prize[5]
- 2013 –Klockrikestipendiet(the Harry Martinson memorial grant) together with her daughterUlrika Tapio Blind
Bibliography(selected works)
[edit]- Beaivvit guhkkot otnot(in Northern Sami). Kárášjohka: Davvi girji.ISBN9788232900787.
- Sámi muitalusat: bálggis davvisámi máinnasteapmái = Samiska sagor: en resa i nordsamiska historieberättande(in Northern Sami and Swedish). Harads: Varda.ISBN9789197957465.
- Davvelis guovssonástti(in Northern Sami). Kárášjohka: Davvi girji.ISBN9788273747990.
- Viiđat: divttat Sámis = Vidd: dikter från Sápmi(in Northern Sami and Swedish). Stockholm: Podium. 2006.ISBN9789189196391.
- Ii fal dan dihte(in Northern Sami). Guovdageaidnu: DAT.ISBN9788290625271.
- Mu luondu – sámi luondu(in Northern Sami). Tana: Jårgalæđđji.
In translation
[edit]Tapio's children's books have been translated into multiple Saami languages and her poetry into English, Spanish, German, and Icelandic.
- Domokos, Johanna;Rießler, Michael;Schlosser, Christine, eds. (2019).Worte verschwinden / fliegen / zum blauen Licht: Samische Lyrik von Joik bis Rap.Samica (in Northern Sami, Inari Sami, Kildin Sami, Skolt Sami, and German). Vol. 4. Freiburg: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg.ISBN9783981683530.
- Beyond the wolf line: an anthology of Sámi poetry.Translated by Sammallahti, Pekka; Selbourne, Anthony. Guildford: Making waves. 1996.ISBN1873918100.
Literature about Inghilda Tapio
[edit]- Skriftbilder: Samisk litteraturhistorie.Gielas Gillii, Mielas Millii (in Norwegian). Vol. 2. Kárášjohka: Davvi girji. 1998.ISBN9788273743534.
- Nordisk kvinnolitteraturhistoria(in Swedish). Vol. 5. Höganäs: Wiken.ISBN9171192638.
References
[edit]- ^"Inghilda Tapio".Archived fromthe originalon 2019-10-23.Retrieved2019-10-23.(Baltic Sea Library)
- ^abc"Inghilda Tapio - Arctic Indigenous Design Archives (AIDA)".kansallisarkisto.fi.Retrieved2022-06-29.
- ^"Samerådets litteraturpris"(in Swedish). Archived fromthe originalon 2019-10-29.Retrieved2019-10-29.
- ^"Reindeer in my Saami Heart,released in 2016, directed by Janet Merewether, produced by Screen Culture Pty Ltd and featuring Saami writer Inghilda Tapio ".
- ^"Sámiráđi girjebálkkašupmi 1997" [The Saami Council Literature Prize 1997].Ođđa Sápmelaš(11–13 (513–515)): 17. December 1997.