Britt Karin Larsen
Britt Karin Larsen (born 16 April 1945) is a Norwegian former model, poet, author and government scholar. Larsen debuted as a poet in 1978 with 5 mg blues og andre dikt, and has published many poetry collections and novels since. 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).
Britt Karin Larsen
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- 1945 · Oslo.
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- Norway
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- writer · poet · translator
- Honours
- Amalie Skram Award · Dobloug Prize · Riksmål Society Literature Prize · Hedmark fylkeskommunes kulturpris · Gyldendal's Endowment · Sarpsborgprisen
- Languages
- Norwegian
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Britt Karin Larsen (born 16 April 1945) is a Norwegian former model, poet, author and government scholar. Larsen debuted as a poet in 1978 with 5 mg blues og andre dikt, and has published many poetry collections and novels since. 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).
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Britt Karin Larsen was born on 16 April 1945.
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The trilogy has been called a literary monument for Romany people in Norway. Larsen was given the Norsk PEN's highest freedom prize, the Ossietzky-prisen, in 2000. She was awarded the Amalie Skram Prize in 2001.
• Gyldendal's Endowment 1993 • Sarpsborgprisen 1998 • Hedmark fylkeskommunes kulturpris 1998 • Ossietzky-prisen 2000 • Riksmålsforbundets litteraturpris 2001 • Amalie Skram-prisen 2001 • Dobloug Prize 2014
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Britt Karin Larsen received Amalie Skram Award, Dobloug Prize, Riksmål Society Literature Prize, Hedmark fylkeskommunes kulturpris, Gyldendal's Endowment and Sarpsborgprisen. Recorded with the occupation children's writer. Recorded as having received Amalie Skram Award, Dobloug Prize and Riksmål Society Literature Prize.
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