Mette Moestrup
Mette Moestrup (born December 11, 1969 in Aarhus , Denmark ) is a Danish poet and writer .
Life
Mette Moestrup grew up as the daughter of a teacher couple in the small village of Harridslev in Jylland . She majored in music at Hjørring Gymnasium and after graduation began to visit several countries, including Greenland , Tanzania and Kenya . She successfully completed a degree in comparative literature at Aarhus University , spending her semesters abroad in Paris and New York City . She broke off a subsequent doctorate and concentrated from 1998 to 2002 on her work as co-editor of the literary magazine Den Blå Port . She currently lives in the Copenhagen district of Vesterbro , where she shares a studio with Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen . As a teacher, she occasionally works on the Forfatterskolen .
Moestrup made her literary debut in 1998 with the volume of poems Tatoveringer . For her poetry collection Kingsize , published in 2006 , she was awarded the Montana Literature Prize, which was also donated in the same year . In 2018 Moestrup received the Beatrice Prize .
Works (selection)
- Volumes of poetry
- Tatoveringer (1998)
- Golden Delicious (2002)
- Kingsize (2006)
- Dø løgn dø (2013)
- Novels
- Jævnet med jorden (2009)
Web links
- Mette Moestrup in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
- Mette Moestrup on forfatterweb.dk
Individual evidence
- ^ Helle Broberg Nielsen: Poesien er konge , b.dk , December 15, 2007, accessed on January 22, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moestrup, Mette |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish poet and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aarhus , Denmark |