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Mirjam Kristensen
Mirjam Kristensen (born 17 May 1978) is a Norwegian novelist and non-fiction writer. Her awards include the Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris and the Amalie Skram Prize. Career Born in Lyngdal is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Lister Region, Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Alleen ... on 17 May 1978, Kristensen made her literary début in 2000 with the novel ''Dagene er gjennomsiktige'', for which she was awarded the Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. In 2001 she published the novel ''De som er ute i regnværet''. She published the documentary ''Etter freden'' in 2009. She was awarded the Amalie Skram Prize in 2010. References 1978 births People from Vest-Agder 21st-century Norwegian novelists Living people Norwegian non-fiction writers Norwegian women non-fiction writers Norwegian women novelists 21st-century Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirjam Kristensen På Verdens Bokdag 7
Mirjam is a Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Swedish, and German feminine given name cognate to Miriam. Notable people with the name include: * Mirjam Bikker (born 1982), Dutch politician * Mirjam Björklund (born 1998), Swedish tennis player * Mirjam van Breeschooten (born 1970), Dutch model * Mirjam Finkelstein (1933–2017), German-Dutch-English Holocaust survivor and educator * Mirjam Gysling (born 1987), Swiss cyclist * Mirjam Hauser-Senn (born 1980), Swiss cyclist * Mirjam van Hemert (born 1950), Dutch swimmer * Mirjam Hooman-Kloppenburg (born 1966), Dutch table tennis player * Mirjam Indermaur (born 1967), Swiss businesswoman and writer * Mirjam Jäger (born 1982), Swiss freestyle skier * Mirjam Jäger-Fischer (born 1977), Austrian politician * Mirjam de Koning (born 1969), Dutch paraplegic swimmer * Mirjam Kristensen Mirjam Kristensen (born 17 May 1978) is a Norwegian novelist and non-fiction writer. Her awards include the Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Book Day
World Book Day, also known as World Book and Copyright Day or International Day of the Book, is an annual event organized by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) to promote reading, publishing, and copyright. The first World Book Day was celebrated on 23 April in 1995, and continues to be recognized on that day. A related event in the United Kingdom and Ireland is observed in March. On the occasion of World Book and Copyright Day, UNESCO along with the advisory committee from the major sectors of the book industry, select the World Book Capital for one year. Each designated World Book Capital City carries out a program of activities to celebrate and promote books and reading. In 2024, Strasbourg was designated as the World Book Capital. Date selection The original idea was conceived in 1922 by Vicente Clavel, director of Cervantes publishing house in Barcelona, as a way to honour the author Miguel de Cervantes and boost the sales of books. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farsund
is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Lister Region, Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Farsund (town), town of Farsund. Farsund is a coastal municipality in the far southwestern part of Norway, bordering Kvinesdal municipality in the north and Lyngdal in the north and east. The municipality is the 276th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Farsund is the 114th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 9,860. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 4.4% over the previous 10-year period. The inhabitants of Farsund are concentrated in three centres of population: the Farsund (town), town of Farsund (population: 3,265), Vanse (population: 2,016), and Vestbygd, Agder, Vestbygda (population: 1,123). Loshavn with its wooden buildings is located outside the town of Fars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarjei Vesaas' Debutantpris
Tarjei Vesaas's debutantpris is a prize awarded annually for the best first literary work in Norwegian language, Norwegian. It is awarded by the Norwegian Authors' Union, and the organisation's 9-member Literary Caucus constitutes the jury for the prize. They choose the winner based on a free and independent evaluation on aesthetic criteria. In accordance with an agreement between the Authors' Union and the Norwegian Publishers' Association, all newly published Norwegian literature is sent to all members of the Literary Caucus. The members thus choose the year's winner without there being any direct application for the prize. The winner is chosen at the Literary Caucus' annual 3-day January meeting, at which the caucus performs most of the tasks within its mandate, concerning stipends, guaranteed income and prizes. The prize is usually awarded in March. The prize was instituted in 1964 by Tarjei Vesaas with the money he received as winner of the Nordic Council's Literature Prize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amalie Skram Prize
The Amalie Skram Prize (Norwegian: ) is a Norwegian literature prize established by the Amalie Skram society in Bergen in 1994. The prize is given to a female writer of fiction in the spirit of author and women's rights pioneer Amalie Skram, and awarded on Skram's birthday on 22 August. The prize consists of a diploma illustrated by , and a travel stipend. Prize winners *1994: Liv Køltzow *1995: Bergljot Hobæk Haff *1996: Bjørg Vik *1997: Herbjørg Wassmo *1998: Cecilie Løveid *1999: Marit Tusvik *2000: Eldrid Lunden *2001: Britt Karin Larsen *2002: Hanne Ørstavik *2003 Merete Morken Andersen *2004: Toril Brekke *2005: Margaret Skjelbred *2006: *2007: Linn Ullmann *2008: Cecilie Enger *2009: Ragnhild Nilstun *2010: Mirjam Kristensen *2011: Tove Nilsen *2012: Merethe Lindstrøm *2013: Karin Fossum *2014: Vigdis Hjorth *2015: Helga Flatland *2016: Gøhril Gabrielsen *2017: Marit Eikemo *2018: Aasne Linnestå *2019: Inghill Johansen *2020: Brit Bildøen *202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegians
Norwegians () are an ethnic group and nation native to Norway, where they form the vast majority of the population. They share a common culture and speak the Norwegian language. Norwegians are descended from the Norsemen, Norse of the Early Middle Ages who formed a unified Kingdom of Norway (872–1397), Kingdom of Norway in the 9th century. During the Viking Age, Norwegians and other Norse peoples conquered, settled and ruled parts of the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland. Norwegians are closely related to other descendants of the Norsemen such as Danes, Swedes, Icelanders and the Faroe Islanders, as well as groups such as the Scottish people, Scots whose nation they significantly settled and left a lasting impact in, particularly the Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland). The Norwegian language, with its two official standard forms, more specifically Bokmål and Nynorsk, is part of the larger North Germanic languages, Scandinavian dialect continuum of g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novelist
A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living wage, living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to support themselves in this way or write as an avocation. Most novelists struggle to have their debut novel published, but once published they often continue to be published, although very few become literary celebrities, thus gaining prestige or a considerable income from their work. Description Novelists come from a variety of backgrounds and social classes, and frequently this shapes the content of their works. Audience reception, Public reception of a novelist's work, the literary criticism commenting on it, and the novelists' incorporation of their own experiences into works and characters can lead to the author's personal life and identity being associated with a novel's fictional content. For this reason, the environment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyngdal
is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Lister Region, Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Alleen. Some of the main villages in Lyngdal include Austad, Lyngdal, Austad, Byremo, Fleseland, Hæåk, Konsmo, Korshamn, Kvås, Skomrak, Svenevik, and Vivlemo. The municipal economy centers around wood processing, agriculture, and commerce. Tourism is also central to the community, with the beaches along the Lyngdalsfjorden and Rosfjorden being popular resorts during the summer. The municipality is the 177th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Lyngdal is the 107th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 10,751. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 10.4% over the previous 10-year period. General information The parish of ''Aa'' was established as the municipali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Store Norske Leksikon
The ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia'' (, abbreviated ''SNL'') is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia. It has several subdivisions, including the Norsk biografisk leksikon. The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian published sites, with up to 3.5 million unique visitors per month. Paper editions (1978–2007) The ''SNL'' was created in 1978, when the two publishing houses Aschehoug and Gyldendal merged their encyclopedias and created the company Kunnskapsforlaget. Up until 1978 the two publishing houses of Aschehoug and Gyldendal, Norway's two largest, had published ' and ', respectively. The respective first editions were published in 1906–1913 (Aschehoug) and 1933–1934 (Gyldendal). The slump in sales of paper-based encyclopedias around the turn of the 21st century hit Kunnskapsforlaget hard, but a fourth edition of the paper encyclopedia was secured by a grant of ten million Norwegian kroner from the foundation Fritt Ord in 2003. The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Births
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People From Vest-Agder
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Norwegian Novelists
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