Trude Marstein

Trude Marstein (born April 18, 1973 in Tønsberg ) is a Norwegian writer and translator.

life and work

Trude Marstein studied education, psychology and literature at the University of Oslo and completed an author degree at the Telemark University in Bø . In 1998 she made her debut with the prose collection Sterk sult, plutselig kvalme (Great hunger, sudden nausea), for which she was awarded the Tarjei Vesaas Debutant Prize. She wrote a children's book, novels, essays and wrote a play with other authors.

In 2000 her first novel Plutselig høre noen åpne en dør (Suddenly the sound of a door opening) was published. In 2006 the Dagbladet newspaper named it one of the 25 best Norwegian novels of the past 25 years. The action takes place in Oslo and is written from the perspective of a woman who reflects on her life and cannot free herself from the web of motives of her own and that of others.

“Trude Marstein's language is simple and yet artistic: she puts her observations on paper in clear, everyday words and short texts, small time leaps and the linear sentence constructions seem realistic. Language is not (only) a means of expression, but a topic: Questions about the meaning of everyday expressions and formulations that have become cliché are obviously not only preoccupying the young woman from Plutselig høre noen åpne en dør , but also the author. "

- Stefanie Plappert

Her novel Gjøre godt (Doing good, 2006) received particular attention . It received the Norwegian Critics' Prize and has been translated into Danish, Swedish, Dutch and French. The plot of the very extensive novel, which focuses on the birthday party of the beautiful, ambitious and not particularly personable Karoline, takes place on a single weekend in July in and around Café Elvebakken in a fictional Norwegian provincial town. Starting from this event, 118 narrative voices (guests, staff, babysitters, neighbors, random passers-by) branch out in many directions, with new relationships and perspectives emerging and being interwoven by the author in filigree narrative art. Marstein's “technical brilliance” in particular was praised. The reader still maintains an overview of the large number of people; through perspective shifts "slowly a picture emerges of the banal, accidental, tragic and perhaps even beautiful life of people who live close to one another and whose circles sometimes touch with or against their will".

In 2004 Konstruksjon og inderlighet (Construction and Inwardness ), 14 essays on literature, appeared. Marstein lives in the Oslo district of Gamle Oslo .

Works

Norwegian publications

1998: Sterk sult, plutselig kvalme (prose)
2000: Plutselig høre noen åpne en dør (novel)
2002: Happy Birthday (children's book)
2002: Elin and Hans (novel)
2004: Konstruksjon og inderlighet (essays)
2005: Byens ansikt (acting, together with Aasne Linnestå, Rune Christiansen, Gunnar Wærness and John Erik Riley)
2006: Gjøre godt (novel)
2009: Ingenting å angre på (novel)
2012: Hjem til meg (novel)

Translations

Kirsten Hammann : Bannister . Translated from Danish by Trude Marstein, Tiden, Oslo 2001.
Light light : Hus og hjem . Translated from Danish by Trude Marstein, Forlaget Oktober, Oslo 2001.
Light light: Biler og dyr . From the Danish by Trude Marstein. Forlaget October, Oslo 2002.
Helle Helle: Forestillingen om et umomplisert liv med en man . Translated from Danish by Trude Marstein, Forlaget Oktober, Oslo 2003.
Peter Adolphsen : Brummstein . From the Danish by Trude Marstein, Tiden, Oslo 2004.
Kristian Lundberg: Og old shall be kjærlighet . Novel. Translated from the Swedish by Trude Marstein, Flamme forlag, Oslo 2012, ISBN 978-82-02-37624-6 .

German-language texts

Very hungry, sudden nausea . Short prose. Translated from the Norwegian by Miriam Kauko and Eva Stadler. - In: Occasional snowfall. New texts from Scandinavia. Edited by Klaus Böldl and Uwe Englert. Frankfurt / Main: S. Fischer Verlag, 2004 [= Neue Rundschau , 115, issue 3]. ISBN 3-10-809058-5

Awards

1998: Tarjei Vesaas Debutant Prize
2002: Sultprisen
2002: Vestfolds Literature Prize
2004: Dobloug Prize
2006: Critics' Prizes (Norway)
2007: Per Olov Enquist Prize

literature

Trude Marstein . In: Store norske leksikon .
Stefanie Plappert: Trude Marstein . Website of the University of Frankfurt [4] (accessed on the Internet on August 20, 2012).
Trude Marstein on the Gyldendal publisher's website [5] .
Several reviews of Marstein's books on the Dagbladet website [6] ( accessed August 20, 2012).
Marta Norheim: Gjøre godt . In: Kulturnytt , Norsk rikskringkasting from August 30, 2006.
Anne Merethe K. Prinos: Teknisk briljant . In: Aftenposten from August 31, 2006.
Mie Hidle: Flue for en dag . In: Aftenbladet of September 12, 2006.
Lise Garsdal: Trude Marsteins nye roman he strangers . In: Politiken of April 21, 2009.
May Grethe Lerum: Trude Marstein: Ingenting å angre på . In: Litteratur i Vestvold of September 2, 2009.

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Dagbladet, July 10, 2006 . Internet access on August 18, 2012.

^ Stefanie Plappert: Trude Marstein on the website of the University of Frankfurt . [1] Internet access on August 18, 2012

^ Anne Merethe K. Prinos: Teknisk briljant . In: Aftenposten from August 31, 2006. [2] ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Internet access on August 18, 2012.@1@ 2

↑ Marta Norheim: Gjøre godt . In: Kulturnytt , NRK P2 from August 30, 2006 [3] Internet access from August 18, 2012.

personal data
SURNAME	Marstein, Trude
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Norwegian writer and translator
DATE OF BIRTH	April 18, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tonsberg

[1] Dagbladet, July 10, 2006 . Internet access on August 18, 2012.

[2] Stefanie Plappert: Trude Marstein on the website of the University of Frankfurt . [1] Internet access on August 18, 2012