Tove Nilsen
Tove Nilsen (born October 25, 1952 in Oslo , Norway ) is a Norwegian writer and literary critic .
Life
Tove Nilsen grew up in a suburb of Oslo. After studying literature, she started working as a journalist. She is currently a literary critic for the Norwegian daily Dagbladet . She made her debut as a writer in 1974 with her novel Aldri la dem kle deg forsvarløst naken . She had her great success in 1982 with Skyskraperengler , which sold over 100,000 times and received several literary prizes. With Skyskrapersommer (1996), G for Georg (1997) and Nede i Himmelen (2010) three sequels followed. The semi-biographically colored books are set in the Oslo district of Bøler in the 1960s.
She has received several literary prizes for her literature, including the Riksmålsforbundets litteraturpris , Språklig samlings litteraturpris , Oktoberprisen and 2011 with the Amalie Skram-prisen .
Works (selection)
- Novels
- Aldri la dem kle deg forsvarløst naken (1974)
- Helle og Vera (1975)
- Gerhard (1978)
- Fritt løp (1980)
- Skyskraperengler (1982)
- Den svarte gryte (1985)
- I stedet for Dinosaurer (1987; German: trigger , cable Verlag, Hamburg 1988, ISBN 3-8225-0088-7 )
- Chaplin's Hemmelighet (1989)
- Amazon Pornographers (1991)
- Øyets sult (1993)
- Lystreise (1995)
- Skyskraper Summer (1996)
- G for Georg (1997)
- Etter Cairo (2000)
- Kvinner om natten (2001; German: Nachtzuschlag , Ehrenwirth, Bergisch Gladbach 2003, ISBN 3-431-03022-X )
- Crete-døgn (2003)
- Summer 2005 (2006)
- Vingetyven (2008)
- Nede i Heaven (2010)
- Konge i snø (2014)
- Children's books
- Tonje - snart elleve år (1975)
- De skulle bare visst ... (1977)
- Melismåne (1996)
- Hvordan en gris kan bli til mer enn én mus (1997)
- Sitronsol (1998)
- Stygge hunders forening (2000; German: Who steals already an ugly dog? , Ueberreuter , Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-8000-5015-3 )
Web links
- Literature by and about Tove Nilsen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Tove Nilsen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Tove Nilsen in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)
- Tove Nilsen in Norsk biografisk leksikon (Norwegian)
- Tove Nilsen on filmfront.no (Norwegian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Skyskraperengler" (T. Nilsen) , daria.no , accessed on January 13, 2015
- ↑ Merete Skogrand: - Stol aldri på en forfatter , dagbladet.no , September 16, 2010, accessed on January 13, 2015
- ^ Elisabeth Langeland Matre: Skram-pris til Tove Nilsen , bt.no , August 22, 2011, accessed on January 13, 2015
- ↑ Anne Cathrine Straume: Fint farsportrett fra Tove Nilsen , nrk.no , November 12, 2014. Retrieved on January 13, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nilsen, Tove |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian writer and literary critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oslo , Norway |