Kim Leine
Illustration — Kim Leine in Leipzig 2014 • Illustration — Kim Leine LiteratureXchange Aarhus 2021 Kim Leine Rasmussen (b. 28 August 1961 in Seljord Municipality, Telemark, Norway) is a Danish-Norwegian author who writes predominantly about Greenland. His books have been translated into twenty languages and won several prestigious literary prizes.
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- Born
- 1961 · Bø Municipality.
- Nationality
- Norway · Kingdom of Denmark
- Occupation
- nurse · writer · novelist · translator
- Fields
- belletristic literature · literary activity · translating activity
- Honours
- Nordic Council Literature Prize · De Gyldne Laurbær · Weekendavisen Book Award · Royal Couple's Awards · Norwegian P2 listener's literature award · Robert Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
- Languages
- Danish · Norwegian
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Personal life
Personal life
His novel The Prophets of Eternal Fjord won six literature prizes in 2012 and 2013.
He spent his childhood years in Seljord Municipality, Norway, where the family was characterized by their Jehovah's Witness faith. In 1978 he moved to Denmark, where he lived with his father for five years. He then trained as a nurse at Bispebjerg Nursing School in 1987. In 1989 he moved with his wife to Greenland, where they lived for 3 years in Nuuk and later in East Greenland and Langeland. In 2000 he was divorced and in 2004 he returned to Denmark. After reading and writing continuously since the age of 12, he made his debut at the age of 46 with the novel Kalak in 2007. He has two children from his first marriage in the 1980s and two from his current marriage.
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Kim Leine appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a writer (born 28 August 1961). The birth of Kim Leine is recorded on 28 August 1961.
Novels
Novels
• Kalak (2007) • Valdemarsdag (2008) • Tunu (2009) • Profeterne i Evighedsfjorden (2012); English translation: The Prophets of Eternal Fjord part 1 of the Greenlandic trilogy • Afgrunden (2015) • De søvnløse (2016) • Rød mand/Sort mand (Gyldendal, 2018); English translation: The Colony of Good Hope (March 2022) part 2 of the Greenlandic trilogy • Efter Åndemaneren (Gyldendal, 2021) part 3 of the Greenlandic trilogy • Karolines Kamp 1 (2022) • Karolines Kamp 2 (2023)
Comics
Comics
• Trojka 1: Skarabæens time (2018), illustrated by Søren Mosdal
Children's books
• Drengen der drog nordpå med sin far for at finde julemanden (2015), illustrated by Peter Bay Alexandersen • Skovpigen Skærv (2016), illustrated by Peter Bay Alexandersen • Pigen der kunne tale med hunde (2017), illustrated by Peter Bay Alexandersen
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- “Kim Leine”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1741530: Kim Leine
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Literary prizes
• 2007 - Bodil and Jørgen Munch-Christensen's Debut Author Prize for Kalak • 2012 - Weekendavisen Book Award, De Gyldne Laurbær, Jytte Borberg Prize, Politiken's Literature Prize for The Prophets of Eternal Fjord • 2013 - Danish Radio's Novel Prize, Nordic Council Literature Prize for The Prophets of Eternal Fjord • 2017 - International Dublin Literary Award Shortlist for The Prophets of Eternal Fjord • 2018 - Crown Prince Couple's Awards
The Live! at NYPL Program featured the authors speaking largely about Greenland, writing, and global climate change in the Trustees Room of the library on Fifth Avenue.
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- 12.Kim Leine. Greetings from a new country. New Statesman. 2008-12-18.
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- 15.Niels Jensen. Forfattere, litteraturpriser mv. 2026-02-10.
- 16.Niels Jensen. Forfattere, litteraturpriser mv. 2024-05-29.
- 17.Niels Jensen. Forfattere, litteraturpriser mv. 2024-05-29.
- 18.Statens Kunstfond 2009.
- 19.Kim Leine får De Gyldne Laurbær. 2013-01-31.
- 20.Vinder af Politikens Litteraturpris: »Det skal helst være lidt farligt«. 2013-02-23.
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