- Source: Dorrit Willumsen
Dorrit Willumsen (born 31 August 1940 in Nørrebro, Copenhagen) is a Danish writer. She made her literary debut in 1965 with the short story collection Knagen.
She was awarded the Danish Critics Prize for Literature in 1983. In 1995 she was awarded the Søren Gyldendal Prize. In 1997 she was awarded the Nordic Council's Literature Prize for the novel Bang. En roman om Herman Bang. She married the playwright Jess Ørnsbo in 1963, and their son Tore Ørnsbo (1970-) is also a writer.
Works
1965 Knagen, short stories
1967 Stranden, novel
1968 Da, novel
1970 The, krydderi, acryl, salær, græshopper, novel
1973 Modellen Coppelia, short stories
1974 En værtindes smil
1976 Kontakter, poetry
1976 Neonhaven, novel
1978 Hvis det virkelig var en film, short stories
translated as If it Really Were a Film (1982)
1978 Den usynlige skønhed, poetry
1980 Danske fortællinger, short stories
1980 Manden som påskud
1982 Programmeret til kærlighed
1983 Umage par, poetry
1984 Marie: en novel om Marie Tussauds liv
translated by Patricia Crampton as Marie: a novel about the life of Madame Tussaud (1986)
1985 Caroline, play
1988 Suk hjerte, novel
1989 Glemslens forår, short stories
1995 Klædt i purpur, historical novel
1997 Bang. En roman om Herman Bang
1997 De kattens feriedage, humour
2000 Koras stemme, novel
2001 Tøs: et hundeliv
2003 Bruden fra Gent, novel
2005 Den dag jeg blev Honey