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Apr 20, 1917 Narsaq Kujalleq, Kujalleq Died on 25 Feb 2012 (aged 94)
Greenlandic writer
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About Mâliâraq Vebæk
- Mâliâraq Vebæk (20 April 1917 – 25 February 2012) was a Greenlandic teacher and writer.
- She is known as the first woman of Greenland to publish a novel.
- One of the first women to obtain a higher education in Greenland, she began her career as a teacher.
- After six years, she relocated to Denmark and worked on archaeological excavations and ethnographic surveys with her husband from 1946 to 1962.
- She began publishing stories, legends and folktales in the 1950s, both through print media and on radio.
- In 1981, after having participated in a survey on the intercultural issues for Greenlanders and Danes, published a novel inspired by the research.
- It won the Greenlandic Authors Association Award for 1982.
