Naja Marie Aidt
Illustration — 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.
Naja Marie Aidt
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- 1963 · Aasiaat.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
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- screenwriter · poet · writer · novelist · translator
- Fields
- poetry
- Honours
- Nordic Council Literature Prize · Danish Critics Prize for Literature · Søren Gyldendal Prize · Beatrice Prize · Bangs literary award · Tagea Brandt Rejselegat
- Languages
- Danish · German
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Illustration — 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.
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Biography
Aidt 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, Aidt was awarded the Danish Fund for the Endowment of the Arts three-year bursary. Aidt won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2009 for her short stories collection. Bavian (Baboon, 2006), Bavian also earned her the Danish Kritikerprisen for 2007.
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Naja Marie Aidt born at Aasiaat.
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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 • 2007: Kritikerprisen (Danish Critics Prize for Literature) • 2008: Nordic Council's Literature Prize • 2011: Søren Gyldendal Prize • 2020: Grand Prize of the Danish Academy • 2022: Swedish Academy Nordic Prize
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Nordisk författarscen på Den Sorte Diamant med Naja Marie Aidt, Sjón, Sara Stridsberg och Klaus Rothstein
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