Kirsten Hammann
Kirsten Hammann (born November 1, 1965 in Risskov , Denmark ) is a Danish writer .
Life
After graduating from high school in 1984 at the Risskov High School , Kirsten Hammann successfully studied creative writing from 1989 to 1991 at Forfatterskolen in Copenhagen, which was founded in 1987 . A year after graduating, she made her debut as an author with the poetry collection Mellem tænderne . Her debut novel followed two years later with Vera Winkelvir . Under the title of the same name, the book was published by Achilla-Presse in 1996 after a translation by Peter Urban-Halle . Her fifth novel, which appeared in 2011 under the title Se på mig , was also translated into German. Ready for pairing was published in 2014 in a translation by Flora Fink by the Munich publishing house btb.
Works (selection)
- Novels
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Vera Winkelvir (1993)
- Vera Winkelvir , Hamburg 1996, Achilla-Presse, ISBN 3-928398-42-3
- Bannister (1997)
- Fra smørhullet (2004)
- En dråbe i havet (2008)
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Se på mig (2011)
- Ready for pairing , Munich 2014, btb, ISBN 978-3-442-74537-1
- Alene hjemme (2015)
- Poems
- Mellem tænderne (1992)
Awards (selection)
- Gyldendals boglegat 1992
- Carl Møller's legacy in 1993
- Klaus Rifbjergs Debutantpris for lyrikere 1994
- Statens Kunstfonds arbejdslegat 1996
- Statens Kunstfonds arbejdslegat 1998
- Leo Estvads legate 2005
- Beatrice Prize 2005
- Danske Bank Literature Prize 2008
- Statens Kunstfonds livsvarige ydelse 2011
- Søren Gyldendal Prize 2017
Web links
- Literature by and about Kirsten Hammann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Kirsten Hammann on litteratursiden.dk (Danish)
- Kirsten Hammann on bibliografi.dk ( Memento from December 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) in the Internet Archive (Danish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hammann, Kirsten |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Risskov , Denmark |