Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold
Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold | |
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| Born | 3 December 1979 Oslo, Norway |
| Occupation | Author, novelist |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Genre | Fiction |
Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold (born 3 December 1979 in Oslo) is a Norwegian author who made her literary debut in 2009 with the novel Jo fortere jeg går, jo mindre er jeg (The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am). The book won the Tarjei Vesaas' Debutant Prize (judged by The Literary Council of The Norwegian Authors´ Union), and it was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award 2013. Skomsvold has dramatized the novel and the play premieres[clarification needed] at the National Theatre (Oslo) in 2014.
She has since written a poetry collection and several novels. Skomsvold's books are translated into more than twenty languages.[1]
Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold has also published several essays, short stories and poems in anthologies and literary magazines. She is on the editorial board of the literary magazine Bokvennen litterært magasin.
Skomsvold studied mathematics and computer science at the
Bibliography
- 2023: Syke søster (novel)
- 2021: Agnes natt og dag - Agnes Night and Day (novel)
- 2021: Dyrene sover – The Animals Sleep (children's book), with Mari Kanstad Johnsen
- 2020: I dag jeg, i morgen du - Today Me, Tomorrow You (novel)
- 2019: Den andre forsvinninga - The Second Disappearance (non-fiction)
- 2018: Barnet - The Child (novel)
- 2015: Meg, meg, meg - Me, me, me (children's book)
- 2014: 33 (novel)
- 2014: Jo fortere jeg går, jo mindre er jeg - The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am (drama)
- 2013: Litt trist matematikk - A Little Sad Mathematics (poetry)
- 2012: Monstermenneske - Monsterhuman (novel)
- 2009: Jo fortere jeg går, jo mindre er jeg - The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am (novel)
- 2009: Stille når gruppe - Quiet When Group (editor)
Awards
- 2009: Tarjei Vesaas' Debutant Prize
- 2015: Dobloug Prize
References
- ^ Skomsvold, Kjersti Annesdatter, Aschehoug Agency.
External links
- Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold Archived 2012-04-20 at the Wayback Machine at Forlaget Oktober Archived 2012-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Skomsvold's Homepage
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