Sissel-Jo Gazan

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Sissel-Jo Gazan, 2015

Sissel-Jo Reid Gazan (born December 20, 1973 in Aarhus , Denmark ) is a Danish writer and biologist . Her work includes novels , science and detective novels as well as children's literature .

Sissel-Jo Gazan is the daughter of the journalist Paul Gazan and the author and lecturer Janne Hejgaard .

Life

Sissel-Jo Gazan grew up in Aarhus and graduated from Marselisborg Gymnasium in 1992. In 1995 her debut novel Når man kysser i august was published by Klim Verlag in Denmark . Et barn for sig followed in 1997 . In the same year she began her biology studies with a focus on the evolution of birds at the University of Copenhagen , which she successfully completed in 2004.

In 2005 she moved to Germany and settled in Berlin . In 2008 the science crime novel Dinosaurens Fjer ( Gyldendal Verlag ) was published, with which she made her breakthrough as a writer in Denmark. Dinosaurens Fjer , German title: Dinosaurierfedern , has been published in 16 countries including Germany, France, Spain, England and the USA. In 2013, NPR , The Washington Post , book critics Maureen Corrigan and Tom Nolan of The Wall Street Journal named dinosaur feathers one of the best detective novels of the year. The Financial Times described the novel as "outrageously entertaining". In the same year the novel Svalens Graf - an independent sequel to dinosaur feathers - was published by Gyldendal Verlag. In 2015, Vi elsker Berlin (We love Berlin) was published - a very personal travel guide for Danes about Berlin in PolitikenVerlag . In 2017 the novel Blækhat (Lindhardt and Ringhof Verlag) was published, which was published in 2019 by dtv-Verlag in Germany under the title What you should know about with . A book about growing up, family secrets and street art in Aarhus in the 1980s. In the same year the Danish publisher Gyldendal Sissel-Jo brought out Gazan's first children's book, Anton, Hugo og guldhesten .

Sissel-Jo Gazan is currently working on her new novel, which will be released in Denmark in October 2020.

She lives with her three children in Berlin-Mitte.

Works

  • Vi elsker stadig Berlin , Politikens Forlag , 2019, with Lola Gazan
  • Anton, Hugo og guldhesten , Gyldendal , 2019, illustrated by Peter Bay Alexandersen
  • What you should know about me , dtv , 2019, ISBN 978-3-423-26222-4
  • Blækhat , Lindhardt and Ringhof , 2017
  • Vi elsker Berlin , Lindhardt og Ringhof, 2015
  • Sig yes! Hvad præster ved om kærlighed , Pretty Ink , 2013
  • Svalens Graf , Gyldendal, 2013, science thriller with the subject of the WHO vaccination program
  • Dinosaur feathers , Hoffmann and Campe , 2011, ISBN 978-3-455-40198-1
  • Vigtigt at vide om Ludmilla , Gyldendal, 2009
  • Dinosaurens Fjer , Gyldendal, 2008
  • Et barn for sig , Klim, 1997
  • Når man kysser i august , Klim, 1995

Awards and grants

  • 2019: Skulderklaplegatet , awarded by Danish writers Danske Skønlitterære Forfattere.
  • 2014: Læsernes Bogpris Reader's Book Prize, awarded by the Danish Library Association and Berlingske .
  • 2013: Den frankofonske litteraturpris , for the translation of dinosaur feathers .
  • 2010: Den gyldne Kødøkse - The Danes' Favorite Crime 2000–2010, elected by readers after nomination by the libraries.
  • 2009: DR novel prize for dinosaur feathers
  • 2009: Statens Kunstfonds 3-year working grant from the National Art Foundation
  • 2009: Det Danske Kriminalakademis Debutantpris , awarded by the Danish Criminal Academy
  • 2001: Director JP Lund og hustru Vilhelmine Bugge's legacy
  • 1999: Forfatterne Harald Kiddes og Astrid Ehrencron-Kiddes Legat
  • In addition, Sissel-Jo Gazan received numerous grants

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dinosaur feathers , on Wissenschaft.de
  2. ↑ 'The Dinosaur Feather,' by SJ Gazan, is a weird and ingenious new mystery , 2013 Washington Post
  3. ↑ Tom Nolan: The 10 Best Mysteries of 2013 . In: Wall Street Journal . December 13, 2013, ISSN  0099-9660 ( wsj.com [accessed January 7, 2020]).
  4. ↑ Læsernes bogpris 2014: Sissel-Jo Gazan , on berlingske.dk, accessed on January 7, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Gazan, Sissel-Jo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gazan, Sissel-Jo Reid (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish writer and biologist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th December 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Aarhus , Denmark