Naja Marie Aidt

Naja Marie Aidt, winner of the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 2008

Naja Marie Aidt (born 24 December 1963) is a Danish language poet and writer.

She was born in Aasiaat, Greenland, and was brought up partly in Greenland and partly in the Vesterbro area of Copenhagen. In 1991, she published her first book of poetry, Så længe jeg er ung (While I'm Still Young). Since 1993, she has been a full-time writer. In 1994, Naja Marie Aidt was awarded the Danish Fund for the Endowment of the Arts 3-year bursary.

Aidt won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2008, for her short stories collection Bavian (Baboon, 2006).^[1] Bavian also earned her the Danish Kritikerprisen for 2006.^[2]

Bibliography

Sten saks papir (2012), Gyldendal – novel
Alting Blinker (2009), Gyldendal – poems
Poesibog (2008), Gyldendal
Bavian (2006), Gyldendal – short stories
Balladen om Bianca (2002), Gyldendal
Siska (2000), Cafe Teatret – drama
Rejse for en fremmed, digte (1999), Gyldendal – poems
Tjenende ånder (1998), Radio-Teatret – radio play
Blæs på Odysseus (1998), Thorvaldsens Museum – songs for choir
Fra digterens hånd (1996), Borgens Forlag – poems
Omstændigheder (1995), Gyldendal – short story
Huset overfor (1995), Gyldendal – poems
Tilgang (1995), Gyldendal – short stories
Det tredje landskab (1994), Gyldendal – poems
Vandmærket (1993), Gyldendal – short stories
Den blomstrende have (1993), Gyldendal – short stories
Et vanskeligt møde (1992), Gyldendal – poems
Så længe jeg er ung (1991), Gyldendal – poems

Prizes and grants

Naja Marie Aidt has received several grants from Statens Kunstfond; other prizes include:

1993: Gyldendal's Book prize (Gyldendals boglegat) (25,000 DKK to buy books for)
1996: Martin Andersen Nexø Prize.
1996: Herman Bangs Mindelegat.
2004: Beatrice Prize^[3]
2007: Kritikerprisen (Danish Critics Prize for Literature)
2008: Nordic Council's Literature Prize
2011: Søren Gyldendal Prize^[4]

References

↑ DR.dk Denmarks Radio – Naja Marie Aidt får Nordisk Råds Litteraturpris (in Danish)
↑ Litteraturpriser.dk Kritikerprisen
↑ Danskeakademi.dk
↑ Litteraturpriser.dk

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

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