Tove Nilsen
Tove Nilsen (born 25 October 1952) is a Norwegian novelist, children's writer and literary critic.
Tove Nilsen
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- Name
- Tove Nilsen
- Born
- 25 October 1952
- Occupation
- Novelist, children's writer and literary critic
- Awards
- Riksmål Society Literature Prize (1993) Amalie Skram Prize (2011)
- Nationality
- Norway
- Honours
- Amalie Skram Award · Riksmål Society Literature Prize · Språklig Samlings Literature Prize · October Prize · Sarpsborgprisen
- Languages
- Norwegian
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Tove Nilsen (born 25 October 1952) is a Norwegian novelist, children's writer and literary critic.
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• Name — Tove Nilsen • Born — 25 October 1952 • Occupation — Novelist, children's writer and literary critic • Awards — Riksmål Society Literature Prize (1993) Amalie Skram Prize (2011)
Biography
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Nilsen made her literary debut in 1974 with the novel Aldri la dem kle deg forsvarsløst naken. Her adolescence novel from a dormitory town, Skyskraperengler (1982) was a bestseller. She was awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize in 1993. Her novel Øyets sult (1993) was nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize. She was awarded the Amalie Skram Prize in 2011.
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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Recorded with the occupation writer. Recorded with the occupation literary critic. Institutional cataloguing adds that tove Nilsen is recorded with the occupation journalist. Recorded with the occupation children's writer. Recorded as a citizen of Norway. Institutional cataloguing adds that tove Nilsen is recorded with the gender female. It is also recorded that tove Nilsen was born on 25 October 1952.
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- 1.Inger Ostenstad. Nilsen, Tove [Olso 1952]. Dictionnaire universel des créatrices. Béatrice Didier, Antoinette Fouque et Mireille Calle-Gruber (dir.). Éditions Des femmes. 2013. 3185-3186.
- 2.Norwegian women's writing, 1850-1990. The Athlone Press. 2000.
- 3.2007. Tove Nilsen. Store norske leksikon. Petter Henriksen (dir.). Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo.
- 4.Tove Nilsen. 2003. Norsk biografisk leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo. Knut Helle (dir.). Tom Lotherington.
- 5.Anne Cathrine Straume. Fint farsportrett fra Tove Nilsen. NRK. 12. novembre. 2014.
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