Aimée Sommerfelt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Aimée Sommerfelt

Norwegian writer

Date of Birth: 02-Apr-1892

Place of Birth: Christiania, Norway

Date of Death: 07-Aug-1975

Profession: writer, radio drama series, children's writer

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Aimée Sommerfelt (8 April 1892 – 1975) was a Norwegian author of numerous children's books and young adult novels. She was most famous for her 1959 work The Road to Agra.
In 1961, it became her first book to be published in the United States, being translated into English by Evelyn Ramsden.
For The Road to Agra, Sommerfelt won the Jane Addams Children's Book Award and the Josette Frank Award.