Harald Gaski

Harald Gaski (b 1955, Norway) is professor of Sami culture and literature at the Sámi University of Applied Science in Kautokeino.

In 2006 he was one of the recipients of gollegiella, a pris awarded to users of the Sami language from Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. The prize was awarded for Gaski’s contribution to conservation and development of the Sami language.

He has published several books on Sami cultural and literary history for a broad audience. His academic work encompasses research into Sami long poems and Sami culture in northern Norway. Particularly well-known are his interpretations of works by Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, who was awarded the 1991 Nordic Council Literature Prize.

Gaski also writes fiction, and he has published the children’s book Čiežain čáziin (Seven Kinds of Water, 2002). The book was published in Norwegian in 2005.