Dorrit Willumsen
Dorrit Willumsen (born August 31, 1940 in Copenhagen ) is a Danish writer.
Life
Willumsen was born in 1940 in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen . After graduating from school in 1960, she worked in the office, in a library, in the art trade and in a laboratory, before she came out in 1965 with her first publication, the Knagen short story collection . Since then she has published numerous novels and biographies , collections of short stories, dramas and poems.
In German-speaking countries, Willumsen became particularly popular with her novel biography Bang. En roman om Herman Bang (1996/1997; Ger. 1998 as Bang ) known, which mainly refers to the fate of the decades of police persecution and social ostracism of the Danish writer and journalist Herman Bang (1857-1912) as a homosexual in Denmark and in all European countries that he visited or in which he tried to gain a foothold. In 1997, Willumsen was awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize for Bang .
Willumsen has been married to the poet and playwright Jess Ørnsbo since 1963 ; they have their son Tore Ørnsbo (* 1970), who is also a poet. Willumsen lives in Vesterbro , Copenhagen.
Awards (selection)
- 1981: Grand Prize of the Danish Academy
- 1983: Danish Critics' Prize for Marie: en roman om Marie Tussauds liv
- 1983: De Gyldne Laurbær
- 1995: Søren Gyldendal Prize
- 1997: Nordic Council Literature Prize for Bang. En roman om Herman Bang
Works
- 1965 Knagen , short stories
- 1967 Stranden , novel
- 1968 There , novel
- 1970 The, krydderi, acryl, salær, græshopper , Roman
- 1973 models Coppelia , short stories
- 1974 En værtindes smil
- 1976 contact , poetry
- 1976 Neonhaven , novel
- 1978 Hvis det virkelig var en film , short stories
- 1978 Den usynlige skønhed , poetry
- 1980 Danske fortællinger , short stories
- 1980 Manden som påskud
- 1982 Programmeret til kærlighed
- 1983 Umage par , poetry
- 1984 Marie: en roman om Marie Tussauds liv , novel biography about the life of Marie Tussauds
- 1985 Caroline , drama
- 1988 Suk hjerte , Roman
- 1989 Glemslens forår , short stories
- 1995 Klædt i purpur , historical novel
- 1997 Bang: en roman om Herman Bang , biography of a novel
- 1997 De kattens feriedage , humoresque
- 2000 Koras stemme , novel
- 2001 Tøs: et hundeliv
- 2003 Bruden from Gent , Roman
- 2005 Den dag jeg blev honey
Works in German
- Bend over, Snow White. Roman , Benziger, Zurich and Cologne 1973, ISBN 3-545-36198-5
- Marie. A novel about the life of Madame Tussaud , Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 1987, ISBN 3-356-00069-1
- Sigh, heart. Roman , Hinstorff, Rostock 1990, ISBN 3-356-00310-0
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Bang. Roman , Kiepenheuer, Leipzig 1998, ISBN 3-378-00611-0
- as TB under construction Taschenbuch Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-7466-1669-7
- Holidays of a cat , with illustration by Manfred Bofinger . Kiepenheuer, Leipzig 2000, ISBN 3-378-00626-9
Web links
- Literature by and about Dorrit Willumsen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Dorrit Willumsen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Portrait of Dorrit Willumsen on litteratursiden.dk (Danish; accessed December 12, 2010)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Willumsen, Dorrit |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nørrebro , Copenhagen |