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Kirsten Thorup (born 1942) is a Danish author.




Background and education


Kirsten Thorup was born in Gelsted, Funen, Denmark in 1942. After a brief stay in Cambridge as an au pair, she studied English at the University of Copenhagen, dropping out after her first year.




Literary works


Thorup is the author of poetry collections, a volume of short stories, works written for films, television, and radio, but is best known for her novels, established as one of the most widely read novelists in Denmark. Her novel Baby has been translated into English. Her novel, Den lange sommer, was published in Denmark in 1979. Thorup's writing has moved from modernist experimentation to a more realistic style, her novels typically have female protagonists. Thorup's two most recent novels are set in Germany during World War II and follows the widow Harriet who lost her husband on the east front.
Kirsten Thorup was awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 2017 and is mentioned a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Kirsten Thorup now lives in Copenhagen.




Bibliography


I dagens anledning (short stories) – 1968
Baby (novel) – 1973
Lille Jonna (novel) – 1977
Den lange sommer (novel) – 1979
Himmel og helvede (novel) – 1982
Den yderste grænse (novel) – 1987
Elskede ukendte (novel) – 1994
Bonsai (novel) – 2000
Ingenmandsland (novel) – 2003
Erindring om kærligheden (lit: Memory of love) (novel)
Indtil vanvid, indtil døden (novel) – 2020
Mørket bag dig (2023)




Recognition


1974 – Otto Gelsted Prize
1996 – Tagea Brandts Rejselegat
2000 – Grand Prize of the Danish Academy
2017 – Nordic Council Literature Prize




References

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• Kirsten Thorup
• List of Danish writers
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• Baby (Thorup novel)
• Baby (disambiguation)
• Nordic Council Literature Prize
• Copenhagen
• Tagea Brandt Rejselegat
• List of Nordic Council's Literature Prize winners and nominees
• Bokklubben World Library