Bjørg Vik
Bjørg Vik | |
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| Born | 11 September 1935 Oslo, Norway |
| Died | 7 January 2018 (aged 82) |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, novelist, short story writer and playwright |
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Bjørg Vik (11 September 1935 – 7 January 2018) was a Norwegian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and journalist.[1]
Biography
[edit]Bjørg Turid Vik was born in Oslo, Norway. Her parents were Sverre Thorbjørn Johansen (1903–1958) and Anna Sofie Marcussen (1902–1987). She grew up in the neighborhood of St. Hanshaugen in Oslo. She completed her examen artium at Hegdehaugen School in 1954 and attended the Journalist Academy in Oslo from 1955 to 1956.[2]
From 1956 to 1960, she was a journalist for the newspaper Porsgrunns Dagblad. She made her literary debut in 1963 with the short story collection Søndag ettermiddag. Further collections from the 1960s are Nødrop fra en myk sofa (1966) and Det grådige hjerte (1968). She also wrote five novels. Between 1988 and 1994 she published the semi-autobiographical Elsi Lund trilogy of novels about adolescence and maturity in postwar Oslo. The trilogy consists of Små nøkler store rom (1988), Poplene på St. Hanshaugen (1991), and Elsi Lund (1994). Vik also published a series of plays and children's books. Her works have been translated into approximately 30 languages.[3][4]
In 1957, she married the architect Hans Jørgen Vik (1927–1995). She was a co-founder of the feminist magazine Sirene (1973–1983).[5]
Awards
[edit]Bjørg Vik was awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize in 1972, the Aschehoug Prize in 1974, and the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1979 for the short story collection En håndfull lengsel. She received the Dobloug Prize in 1987 and the Ibsen Prize in 1991. She received the Cappelen Prize in 1982, which she shared with Jahn Otto Johansen, who died six days before her own death.[6][7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ Rivrud, Kristin (8 January 2018). "Forfatter Bjørg Vik er død" [Author Bjørg Vik is dead]. NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "Bjørg Vik Obituary". Nordic Drama. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ Aasen, Elisabeth. "Bjørg Vik". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ Øystein Rottem. "Bjørg Vik". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ Jane Eldridge Miller (January 2001). Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing. Psychology Press. p. 336. ISBN 978-0-415-15980-7. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "Aschehougprisen". Aschehoug. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ "Doblougprisen". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ Vidar Iversen. "Cappelenprisen". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
External links
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- 1935 births
- 2018 deaths
- Writers from Oslo
- International Writing Program alumni
- Norwegian feminists
- Norwegian dramatists and playwrights
- Norwegian women novelists
- Norwegian women short story writers
- Norwegian women dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century Norwegian novelists
- 20th-century Norwegian women writers
- 21st-century Norwegian women writers
- 21st-century Norwegian novelists
- 20th-century Norwegian short story writers
- 21st-century Norwegian short story writers
- Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature winners
- Dobloug Prize winners
- Norwegian magazine founders