FORMER SOUTH STUDENT FINDS PLACE IN WRITING SCI-FI.Byline: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? By Bob Welch There are a number of famous people of this name including:
EDITOR'S NOTE: "Where Are They Now?" is a new Monday column that updates readers on local newsmakers from the past. Have ideas? E-mail BOB Welch at bwelch@guardnet.com. THEN (1975): Ruth Nestvold, a South Eugene High student, was named Eugene Jaycees' Future First Citizen and featured in The Register-Guard. At South, she was involved in everything from German Club to student-faculty senate to crew. She was among 121 seniors from the United States selected as Presidential Scholars, receiving her recognition from President Gerald Ford himself. NOW: At 48 and living in Stuttgart, Germany, she is an author getting big-time attention. With husband Christian Schmidt, she runs a technical translation and localization Customizing software and documentation for a particular country. It includes the translation of menus and messages into the native spoken language as well as changes in the user interface to accommodate different alphabets and culture. See internationalization and l10n. firm. (`Localization is computer geek-speak for translating computer programs and documentation.') And she teaches in the English department at the University of Stuttgart The University of Stuttgart (German Universität Stuttgart) is a university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized in 10 faculties. . Nestvold writes science fiction and hyper-fiction. `I enjoy science fiction and fantasy for the `sense of wonder,' ' she says, `and the kinds of `thought experiments' a writer can get away with that are not possible in more naturalized nat·u·ral·ize v. nat·u·ral·ized, nat·u·ral·iz·ing, nat·u·ral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To grant full citizenship to (one of foreign birth). 2. To adopt (something foreign) into general use. fiction.' (Hyper-fiction is fiction written for the Web that includes computer hypertext with links and paths that allow for reader interaction.) Her novel "Looking Through Lace" won the "Premio Italia" for 2006, meaning it was recognized as the best novel translated into Italian. She and a co-author, Jay Lake, have a piece included in the 2006 edition of "The Year's Best Science Fiction" edited by Gardner Dozois, former editor of "Asimov's Science Fiction Asimov's Science Fiction (ISSN 1065-2698) is an American magazine which publishes science fiction and fantasy and perpetuates the name of author and biochemist Isaac Asimov. " magazine. After high school, Nestvold got a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. and, while there, received a scholarship to Stuttgart for an exchange program. After getting a master of arts Master of Arts Noun a degree, usually postgraduate in a nonscientific subject, or a person holding this degree Noun 1. Master of Arts - a master's degree in arts and sciences Artium Magister, MA, AM degree and Ph.D. from the University of Stuttgart, she decided to stay. She and her husband have two adult children, 26 and 23. Her Web site (www.ruthnestvold .com) reminds us, with a quote from Douglas Adams, that: "I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have wound up where I intended to be." |
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