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Diane
Oatley

Diane Oatley is a writer, indie scholar, and literary translator. Originally from the US, she began undergraduate studies in English Literature at the University of Maine and later transferred to the University of Oslo, where she completed an MA in comparative literature. She has a long list of non-fiction publication credits, predominantly in the field of dance studies, including dance reviews, academic articles, and creative non-fiction in peer review journals and anthologies. Her poetry has appeared in literary journals in Norway, England, India, and Spain. She has translated more than twenty fiction and non-fiction titles from Norwegian into English, and two of her fiction translations were longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award.

Diane Oatley is a writer, indie scholar, and literary translator. Originally from the US, she began undergraduate studies in English Literature at the University of Maine and later transferred to the University of Oslo, where she completed an MA in comparative literature. She has a long list of non-fiction publication credits, predominantly in the field of dance studies, including dance reviews, academic articles, and creative non-fiction in peer review journals and anthologies. Her poetry has appeared in literary journals in Norway, England, India, and Spain. She has translated more than twenty fiction and non-fiction titles from Norwegian into English, and two of her fiction translations were longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award.

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