Niviaq Korneliussen
Niviaq Andrea Johanne Korneliussen (born January 27, 1990 in Nuuk ) is a Greenlandic writer .
Life
Niviaq Korneliussen was born in Nuuk and grew up in Nanortalik . She is the second of three daughters of a kindergarten and school administration chief and a clerk in the judiciary. She studied social sciences at Ilisimatusarfik and then psychology at Aarhus University .
In 2012 she took part in the short story competition Allatta! for young Greenlanders, their contribution San Francisco was selected as one of the ten winning contributions and therefore appeared in the anthology Inuusuttut - nunatsinni nunarsuarmilu / Ung i Grønland - ung i verden .
In 2014 her debut novel HOMO sapienne was published about homosexuality, love and identity in Greenland. She wrote the book with the mentoring of the writer Mette Moestrup . Niviaq was inspired for the book by her own experiences with her homosexuality. The work was for the Literature Prize of the policies as well as the Nordic Council Literature Prize nominated and translated into numerous languages.
In 2020 she published her second novel Naasuliardarpi / Blomsterdalen , which deals with suicide in Greenland .
Works
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San Francisco (2012)
- published in: Inuusuttut - nunatsinni nunarsiarmilu (2013). ISBN 9788792790187
- published in: Ung i Grønland - ung i verden (2015). ISBN 9788792790439
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Homo Sapienne (2014). ISBN 9788792790446
- translated into Danish by herself: Homo Sapienne (2014). ISBN 9788792790651
- translated into German by Giannina Spinty-Mossin and Katja Langmaier: Nuuk #without filter . Zaglossus, Vienna 2016, ISBN 9783902902474
- translated into French by Inès Jorgensen: Homo sapienne (2018). ISBN 9782924519585
- translated into English (Great Britain) by Anna Halager: Crimson (2018). ISBN 9780349010564
- translated into English (USA) by Anna Halager: Last night in Nuuk (2019). ISBN 9780802146748
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Naasuliardarpi (2020). ISBN 9788793941151
- translated into Danish by herself: Blomsterdalen (2020). ISBN 9788702278385
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry at litteraturpriser.dk
- ↑ Niviaq Korneliussen at forfatterweb.dk
- ↑ Blomsterdalen at milik.gl
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Korneliussen, Niviaq |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Korneliussen, Niviaq Andrea Johanne (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greenlandic writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1990 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuuk |