Merethe Lindstrøm

Merethe Lindstrøm

Merethe Lindstrøm (born 26 May 1963 in Bergen) is a Norwegian author. Lindstrøm’s literary debut occurred in 1983 with publication of the short story collection titled Sexorcisten og andre fortellinger. Since then she has authored several collections of short stories, novels and a children's book.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Lindstrøm has also sung with several rock bands, both in Oslo and Berlin.

Bibliography

Sexorcisten og andre fortellinger – collected short stories (1983)
Borte, men savnet – collected short stories (1986)
Kannibal-leken – collected short stories (1990)
Regnbarnas rike – novel (1992)
Svømme under vann – collected short stories (1994)
Steinsamlere – novel (1996)
Stedfortrederen – novel (1997)
Mille og den magiske kringlen – children’s book (together with Gro Hege Bergan) (1997)
Jeg kjenner dette huset – collected short stories (1999)
Natthjem – novel (2002)
Ingenting om mørket – novel (2003)
Barnejegeren – novel (2005)
Gjestene – collected short stories (2007)
Days in the History of Silence (Dager i stillhetens historie) – novel (2011)

Prizes and recognition

Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment 1994
NotaBenes litteraturpris 1996
Natt og Dag-prisen (senere Osloprisen)
Tanums kvinnestipend 1997
Dobloug Prize^[4] 2008
Nominated for the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature and the Nordic Council's Literature Prize

References

↑ Merethe Lindstrøm in NRK Forfatter (in Norwegian)
↑ Merethe Lindstrøm in Dagbladet Forfatter (in Norwegian)
↑ Merethe Lindstrøm in Aftenposten Alex (in Norwegian)
↑ prize listing

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Nordic Council Literature Prize winners

1960s	1962: The Days of His Grace – Eyvind Johnson 1963: Under the North Star 3: Reconciliation – Väinö Linna 1964: The Ice Palace – Tarjei Vesaas 1965: From Hell to Paradise – Olof Lagercrantz and The Good Hope – William Heinesen 1966: Diwan on the Prince of Emgion – Gunnar Ekelöf 1967: Nye noveller – Johan Borgen 1968: Flight of the Eagle – Per Olof Sundman 1969: The Legionnaires – Per Olov Enquist

1970s	1970: Anna, I, Anna – Klaus Rifbjerg 1971: Coast of Slaves, Ships of Slaves & Islands of Slaves – Thorkild Hansen 1972: Sju ord på tunnelbanan – Karl Vennberg 1973: Kersantin poika – Veijo Meri 1974: Uden mål – og med – Villy Sørensen 1975: Siinä näkijä missä tekijä – Hannu Salama 1976: Að laufferjum & Að brunnum – Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson 1977: I de mörka rummen, i de ljusa – Bo Carpelan 1978: Dalen Portland – Kjartan Fløgstad 1979: Pubertet – Ivar Lo-Johansson

1980s	1980: Vredens barn – Sara Lidman 1981: Hauströkkrið yfir mér – Snorri Hjartarson 1982: Samuels bok – Sven Delblanc 1983: Om fjorten dage – Peter Seeberg 1984: The Christmas Oratorio – Göran Tunström 1985: A Day in Ostrobothnia – Antti Tuuri 1986: Líkasum – Rói Patursson 1987: Hudløs himmel – Herbjørg Wassmo 1988: Justice Undone – Thor Vilhjálmsson 1989: Roman 1987 – Dag Solstad

1990s	1990: For the Living and the Dead – Tomas Tranströmer 1991: The Sun, My Father – Nils-Aslak Valkeapää 1992: Night Watch – Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir 1993: Byen og verden – Peer Hultberg 1994: Blackwater – Kerstin Ekman 1995: Angels of the Universe – Einar Már Guðmundsson 1996: Hva skal vi gjøre i dag og andre noveller – Øystein Lønn 1997: Bang. En roman om Herman Bang – Dorrit Willumsen 1998: After Having Spent a Night Among Horses – Tua Forsström 1999: Queen's Gate – Pia Tafdrup

2000s	2000: Drømmebroer – Henrik Nordbrandt 2001: The Discoverer – Jan Kjærstad 2002: The Half Brother – Lars Saabye Christensen 2003: Revbensstäderna – Eva Ström 2004: Juoksuhaudantie – Kari Hotakainen 2005: The Blue Fox – Sjón 2006: The Ocean – Göran Sonnevi 2007: Drömfakulteten – Sara Stridsberg 2008: Bavian – Naja Marie Aidt 2009: I Curse the River of Time – Per Petterson

2010s	2010: Purge – Sofi Oksanen 2011: Between the Trees – Gyrðir Elíasson 2012: Days in the History of Silence – Merethe Lindstrøm 2013: The Prophets of Eternal Fjord – Kim Leine 2014: Mirage 38 – Kjell Westö

List of Nordic Council's Literature Prize winners and nominees