Elin Anna Labba | |
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| Native name | Joná Gusttu Elin Ánná |
| Born | Joná Gusttu Elin Ánná November 30, 1980 Kiruna, Sweden |
| Occupation | author and journalist |
| Alma mater | University of Gothenburg |
| Notable awards | August Prize (2020) Norrland Literature Prize (2021) Hedevind Plaquette (2022) |
Elin Anna Labba (Northern Sami: Joná Gusttu Elin Ánná; born November 30, 1980, Kiruna, Sweden) is a Sámi author and journalist. She has won multiple prizes for her first book Herrarna satte oss hit: om tvångsförflyttningarna i Sverige (English: The Gentlemen Put Us Here: About the Forced Relocations in Sweden), which describes the forced migration of the Sámi from Norway to Sweden from 1919 to 1920.
Elin Anna Labba was born on November 30, 1980, in Kiruna, Sweden, where she also grew up.[1] She moved to Gothenburg to study journalism at the Department of Journalism, Media and Communication at the University of Gothenburg.[2] At the same time she was studying, Labba was also working as a journalist for P4 Norrbotten, SR Sápmi, and the Sámi news magazine Samefolket.[1] She graduated from the University of Gothenburg in 2008.[2]
Since she graduated, Labba worked as the editor-in-chief of Nuorat and as the director of communications at Laponiatjuottjudus. Currently, she is employed as a project manager at the writer's center Tjállegoahte in Jokkmokk, Sweden.
In 2020, she debuted as an author with the Swedish-language book Herrarna satte oss hit: om tvångsförflyttningarna i Sverige, which was translated and released the same year in Northern Sámi under the title Hearrát dat bidje min: bággojohtimiid birra. It was translated from Swedish to Norwegian Bokmål and published in 2021 as Herrene sendte oss hit: om tvangsflyttingen av samene.
In 2020, Labba was awarded the August Prize for her book Herrarna satte oss hit: om tvångsförflyttningarna i Sverige. In 2021, she won the Norrland Literature Prize for the same book. In 2022, she was awarded the Hedevind Plaquette.[3]
