Cindy Haug
Cindy Kristin Haug | |
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| Born | 28 August 1956 Hamar in Hedmark , Norway |
| Died | 23 August 2018 (aged 61) |
| Occupation | writer |
| Awards | Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment (1993) |
Cindy Kristin Haug (28 August 1956 – 23 August 2018) was a Norwegian experimental writer and children's writer.
Personal life
[edit]Haug was born in Hamar on 28 August 1956.[1]
She died on 23 August 2018.[2]
Career
[edit]She wrote in many different genres and experimented through writing with a mix of styles. She made her literary debut in 1982, with Se deg ikke tilbake mot Europa og bli stein...O Eurydike.[1] Launched as a novel, the book is a mixture of poetry and prose.[3]
Among her books are Faen heller flirer fagert from 1983,[1] Mitt liv, fiksjoner (1984), Skumlepper (1989),[3] Gaupehjerte from 1993, Tiende bok from 1994, and Fjærtegn from 1997.[1] Literary historian Øystein Rottem characterised Haug's poetry as postmodern esthetics.[3]
She was awarded Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment in 1993.[2]
She died during 2018 and was interred in Hamar Cathedral.[2]
Selected works
[edit]- Se deg ikke tilbake mot Europa og bli stein...O Eurydike (1982)
- Faen heller flirer fagert (1983)
- Her der – helt nær (1983; children's book)
- Mitt liv, fiksjoner (1984)
- Sort, sofistikert (1986; jointly with Fin Serck-Hansen)
- Gaupehjerte (1993)
- Tiende bok (1994)
- Fjærtegn (1997)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Cindy Haug". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ a b c Cindy Haug har gått bort (in Norwegian)
- ^ a b c Rottem, Øystein (1998). "Gene Dalby og Cindy Haug – 80-tallspoesiens Bonnie & Clyde". Norges Litteraturhistorie. Etterkrigslitteraturen (in Norwegian). Vol. 3. Oslo: Cappelen. pp. 521–526. ISBN 82-02-16426-5.
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