Máret Ánne Sara


Máret Ánne Sara is a Sami artist and author born in Norway. She lives and works in Kautokeino.

Biography

Máret Ánne Sara was born in Hammerfest and grew up in Finnmark county in a reindeer herding family that had its summer pasture on Kvaløya. She received her education in art from Arts University Bournemouth in the United Kingdom. She was nominated for the Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize in 2014 for her Sami-language young adult fantasy novel Ilmmiid gaskkas. Her artwork was featured in the documenta 14 exhibition in 2017.

Works