Wolf, Kirsten

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WOLF, Kirsten

WOLF, Kirsten. Danish, b. 1959. Genres: Novellas/Short stories, Translations. Career: University of Wisconsin-Madison, lecturer, 1986-87; University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, editor, 1987-88; University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, professor and chair of Icelandic language and literature, 1988-, head of department, 1988-98. Publications: An Annotated Bibliography of North American Doctoral Dissertations on Old Norse Icelandic, 1998. TRANSLATOR: (with A. Hjaltadottir) Western Icelandic Short Stories, 1992; (with J. Jensen) A. Olrik, Some Principles for Oral Narrative Research, 1992; (and ed.) Writings by Western Icelandic Women, 1996. EDITOR: (with P. Pulsiano) Medieval Scandinavia: An Encyclopedia, 1992; Gydinga Saga, 1994; The Icelandic Legend of Saint Dorothy, 1997; The Old Norse-Icelandic Legend of Saint Barbara, 2000; Saga Heilagrar Onnu, 2001. Address: Department of Icelandic Language and Literature, University of Manitoba, University Coll 372, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2.