Mirjam Kristensen
Mirjam Kristensen (born May 17, 1978 in Farsund ) is a Norwegian writer . Today she lives in Kristiansand .
Life
Kristensen grew up in the towns of Flekkefjord and Lyngdal . She studied history of ideas and literary studies at the University of Oslo . She also attended the Heimly Folkehøgskole writing school in Troms . She is a librarian and initially worked for the Stiftelsen Arkivet in Kristiansand, a foundation established in 1998 to manage the state archive from 1942 to 1945, which is located in the so-called Arkivet, the Gestapo headquarters at the time. Kristensen published the foundation's annual publication, Nytt blikk . She currently works for the city's public library (Kristiansand Folkebibliotek).
Kristensen is married to the writer and book critic Pål Gitmark Eriksen (* 1973). You have two children.
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Kristensen has written five novels so far , for which she has received various prizes and grants . In 2000 she published her debut , which was also translated into French. Her third novel, En ettermiddag om høsten, was very successful in Scandinavia when it appeared in 2006 . In 2009 it appeared in the German translation by Ina Kronenberger under the title An Afternoon in Autumn by Dörlemann Verlag .
In addition to her novels, Kristensen has also published articles in the anthologies Berørt (1998), Prosa fra en liten by (2002) and Art is not an intellectual way of thinking (2014).
Publications (selection)
- Dagene he gjennomsiktige . Tiden Norsk Forlag, Oslo 2000, ISBN 82-10-04571-7 ( French : Les jours sont transparents , 2007).
- De som er ute i regnværet . Tiden Norsk Forlag, Oslo 2000, ISBN 82-10-04670-5 .
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En ettermiddag om høsten . Forlaget October, Oslo 2006, ISBN 82-495-0267-1 .
- German version: An afternoon in autumn . Dörlemann, Zurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-908777-48-9 .
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Et rikt liv . Forlaget October, Oslo 2009, ISBN 978-82-495-0700-9 .
- German version: A rich life . Dörlemann, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-908777-63-2 .
- Jeg has ventet på deg . Forlaget October, Oslo 2014, ISBN 978-82-495-1416-8 .
Prices
- 2007: Tarjei Vesaas Debutant Prize
- 2002: Sørlandets litteraturpris for the novel De som er ute i regnværet (as well as nominations 2000, 2010 and 2015)
- 2007: Bjørnson grant
- 2010: Amalie Skram prizes
Web links
- Short biography and works at Perlentaucher
- Literature by and about Mirjam Kristensen in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mirjam Kristensen (f. 1978) In: Website of the Kristiansand Folkebibliotek. Accessed August 30, 2020.
- ↑ Gerd Elin Stava Sandve: Ensomhetens arkivar. In: Dagsavisen . October 29, 2014. Accessed August 30, 2020.
- ↑ Sørlandets litteraturpris, "Mirjam Kristensen" In: Sørlandets litteraturpris website. Accessed August 30, 2020.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kristensen, Mirjam |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 17, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Farsund |