Bjørg Vik

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Bjørg Vik (born September 11, 1935 in Oslo ; † January 7, 2018 ) was a Norwegian writer and playwright who has significantly influenced the women's movement and feminist literature in Norway.

life and work

Bjørg Vik attended the Academy of Journalism in Oslo in 1955 and then worked for the newspaper “Porsgrunn Dagbladet” for five years. In 1963 she made her debut with the book Søndag ettermiddag (Sunday Afternoon) . It contains stories about “women's fates, which are often told from the perspective of another woman who initially has little understanding for such fates, but gradually begins to show solidarity with them contre cœur ”.

In 1971 Vik co-founded the women's magazine "Sirene", which until 1983 was a feminist alternative to the usual weekly magazines in Norway .

Vik has written numerous plays, including To akter for fem kvinner (Two acts for five women) . The play lives primarily from the conversations of the five friends who tell each other their lives, with the author depicting the frustrations and missed expectations of the women. It should also make men more aware of the situation of women. The play was not only discussed intensively by women's groups and was very successful in Norway; it was also filmed for television in 1976 and performed in other countries.

The volume of short stories Kvinneakvariet (Das Frauenaquarium) , published in 1972, is considered to be one of her best works . In it Vik

“ Female crisis situations in different phases of life as well as the search for an adequate way of life, the gender conflict has receded into the background. "

- Thomas Sailer

Vik lived in Porsgrunn . She was married and had three children. It has been nominated three times for the most important award of the Northern European countries, the Nordic Council's Literature Prize. Her works have been translated into numerous languages.

Publications

Original Norwegian editions

  • Søndag ettermiddag ( short stories), 1963
  • Nødrop fra en myk sofa (Stories), 1966
  • Ferie (radio play), 1967
  • Det grådige hjerte ( short stories), 1968
  • Gråt, elskede mann (novel), 1979
  • Kvinneakvariet ( short stories), 1972
  • To akter for fem kvinner (drama), 1974
  • Hurray, det ble en pike (play), 1974
  • Fortellinger om frihet ( short stories), 1975
  • Sorgenfri: fem bilder om kjærlighet (play), 1978
  • En håndfull lengsel ( short stories), 1979
  • Det trassige håp (radio play), 1981
  • Snart er det høst ( short stories), 1982
  • Fribillett til Soria Moria (drama), 1984
  • En gjenglemt petunia ( short stories), 1985
  • Små nøkler, store rom (Roman), 1988
  • Vinterhagen (play), 1990
  • Poplene på St. Hanshaugen (novel), 1991
  • Reisen til Venezia (drama), 1992
  • Den lange veien til et annet menneske ( short stories), 1993
  • Elsi Lund (novel), 1994
  • Roser i et sprukket krus (novel), 1998
  • Alt kvinner tilgir (drama), 1999
  • Salong Saratustra (acting), 2001
  • Forholdene tatt i betraktning ( short stories), 2002
  • Søndag ettermiddag (drama), 2003

German-language editions

  • Five women . (To akter for fem kvinner) From the Norwegian by Bernd Haustein. Bloch, Berlin 1975
  • The fish in the net . Stories. (Fortellinger om frihet) From the Norwegian by Udo Birckholz. Hinstorff, Rostock 1979.
  • The women's aquarium . (Kvinneakvariet) Translated from the Norwegian by Michael Bartsch. Scandica-Verlag, Bochum 1980, ISBN 3-88473-007-X .
  • Time of roses. Novel . (Roser i et sprukket krus) From the Norwegian by Christel Hildebrandt. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2001. ISBN 3-596-15011-6 .

Awards

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Forfatter Bjørg Vik er død
  2. ^ Meyers Encyclopedia , 9th edition
  3. ↑ Quotation: contre cœur = à contrecœur = reluctant
  4. ^ Scandinavian literary history. Stuttgart 2006, page 301
  5. ↑ The undiscovered gender . In: Scandinavian literary history . Metzler, Stuttgart 2006, page 301
personal data
SURNAME Vik, Bjørg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian writer and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Oslo
DATE OF DEATH January 7, 2018