Britt Karin Larsen

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Britt Karin Larsen (born 16th April 1945) is a Norwegian poet and author. Larsen debuted as a poet in 1978 with 5mg blues og andre dikt, and has published a great deal of poetry collections and novels since then. She is best known for her novel-trilogy about Norwegian and Swedish Travellers, De som ser etter tegn (1997), De usynliges by (1998) and Sangen om løpende hester (1999). The trilogy has been called a literary monument for Romany people in Norway. Larsent was given the Norsk PEN's highest freedom prize, the Ossietzky-prisen, in 2000.

[edit] Bibliography

  • 5 mg blues og andre diktpoem (1978)
  • Kniven skal du ta vare på – poem (1981)
  • Før stengetid – poem (1983)
  • Hvorfor venter vi her? – poem (1986)
  • Du er likevel til. Brev til et barn som ikke ble født – letters (1989)
  • Ingenting er helt som førchildren's book (1990)
  • I ly for regnetnovel (1990)
  • Ørkenhagen – poem (1991)
  • Engang var vi som vinden – prose (1991)
  • Det nye havet – Children's book (1991) (Illustrated by Torill Marø Henrichsen)
  • Alexanders hemmelighet – Children's book (1992)
  • Ormens øye – novel (1993)
  • Reise om høsten – novel (1994)
  • Som snøen faller – novel (1995)
  • Munnen i gresset – novel (1996)
  • De som ser etter tegn – novel (1997)
  • De usynliges by – novel (1998)
  • Sangen om løpende hester – novel (1999)
  • Å finne en skog – novel (2000)
  • Vesle-Hjalmar og kilden – Children's book (2001) (Co-author Liv Borge. Illustrated by Torill Marø Henrichsen)
  • Et annet folk – novel (2001)
  • Duggpunkt ved daggry – novel (2001)
  • Det kan komme fine dager – novel (2002)
  • Fortellinger om kjærlighet – novel (2003)
  • Som kjærlighet, nesten. En bok om alkohol – prose (2004) (Co-author Tor Georg Danielsen)

[edit] Prizes

  • Gyldendals legat 1993
  • Sarpsborgprisen 1998
  • Hedmark fylkeskommunes kulturpris 1998
  • Ossietzky-prisen 2000
  • Riksmålsforbundets litteraturpris 2001
  • Amalie Skram-prisen 2001

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