Zinken Hopp

Zinken Hopp (January 9, 1905, Ullensvang — September 3, 1987, Bergen, Norway), born Signe Marie Brochmann (Zinken was her nickname from childhood), was a Norwegian author, nonsense poet and playwright . She is best known for translating Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland into Norwegian. Her own books, which were mostly for children, include The Magic Chalk, Jon and Sofus and over a dozen others. Zinken Hopp is a known person in the Norwegian literature society. She is best known for writing children's books, and for her cheerful poems. She was also writing biographies.

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Name Hopp, Zinken
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Date of birth 1905
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Date of death 1987
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