Elisabeth Beanca Halvorsen (1979) is a translator and author. In addition to Judith Schalansky, she has also translated works from Elfriede Jelinek and Ralf Rothmann into Norwegian. Her books Wien og klagesang. Om Elfriede Jelineks forfatterskap (2010) and Doris Lessing. En litterær forfølgelse (2016) have been published by Gyldendal. Halvorsen was one of the initiators of the German-Norwegian Literature Festival 2019.

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