Lisa Aisato

Lisa Aisato N'jie Solberg, pen name Lisa Aisato (born 23 July 1981), is a Norwegian visual artist, illustrator and author of picture books.

Lisa Aisato
Born	(1981-07-23) 23 July 1981 (age 42) Kolbotn, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation(s)	Visual artist, illustrator and author of picture books
Relatives	Haddy N'jie (sister)

Personal life

Aisato was born in Kolbotn, Norway, to a Norwegian mother and Gambian father. Among her siblings is her sister Haddy N'jie. Aisato resides in Skjærhalden, Hvaler.^[1]

Career

Aisato is educated at the art institutions Einar Granum Kunstfagskole [no] and Strykejernet kunstskole [no]. She made her picture book debut in 2008, with Mine to oldemødre.^[2] Further books are Odd er et egg from 2010, Fugl from 2013,^[3] and En fisk til Luna from 2014. She has illustrated books by others, including Tor Åge Bringsværd, Gaute Heivoll (Svalene under isen from 2012),^[1] Maja Lunde (Snøsøsteren from 2018), and Linn Skåber (Til ungdommen from 2018).^[4] She regularly contributes with illustrations to the newspaper Dagbladet's supplement Magasinet.^[1]

Aisato was awarded Teskjekjerringprisen in 2016, together with her sister and cowriter Haddy N'jie, for the book Snart sover du. Et års god natt.^[1]

Her book Odd er et egg was basis for the animated short film Odd is an Egg, directed by Kristin Ulseth, which won a prize for "Best animated short" at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2017.^[5] The film was also nominated for prizes at Berlin International Film Festival,^[6][7] and Edmonton International Film Festival.^[8]

Her 2019 book Livet – illustrert ("Life – illustrated"), a collection of illustrations supplied with poetic texts, was met with good reviews and sales figures.^[4][9]

Awards

• 2019, Norwegian Booksellers' Prize

Referencesdag

1. Cissé, Yacoub; Kalleklev, Katrine. "Lisa Aisato". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
2. Svenning, Katarina (2016). "Lisa Aisato: Illustrator - Norway". Bookbird. 54 (2): 44 – via ProQuest.
3. Samoilow, Tatjana Kielland (2015). "Competence and citizenship in picturebooks: a reading of Lisa Aisato's Fugl (Bird)". Barnelitteraert Forskningstidsskrift = Nordic Journal of ChildLit Aesthetics; Jaerfaella. 6 (1). doi:10.3402/blft.v6.27280 – via ProQuest.
4. Jacobsen, Gry Elise (23 October 2019). "De myke hjerters bibel". NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 October 2019.
5. "'Odd is an Egg' Wins Best Animated Short at Tribeca". Animation World Network. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
6. . Berlinale. Berlin International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 9 March 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
7. Hudson, David (13 January 2017). . Fandor for Movie Lovers. Fandor. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
8. . Edmonton Film festival. Edmonton International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
9. Hagen, Knut-Øyvind; Vik, Siss (23 October 2019). "Salgsboom for kvinnelige norske forfattere". NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 October 2019.