Dorrit Willumsen

Dorrit Willumsen (born 31 August 1940 in Nørrebro, Copenhagen) is a Danish writer. She made her literary debut in 1965 with the short story collection Knagen.

She was awarded the Danish Critics Prize for Literature in 1983.[1] In 1995 she was awarded the Søren Gyldendal Prize. In 1997 she was awarded the Nordic Council's Literature Prize for the novel Bang: en roman om Herman Bang.[2] She married the playwright Jess Ørnsbo in 1963, and their son Tore Ørnsbo (1970-) is also a writer.

Works

References

  1. Litteraturpriser.dk Kritikerprisen
  2. "Nordic Council Literature Prize list of winners". Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
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