Cindy Kristin Haug (28 August 1956 – 23 August 2018) was a Norwegian experimental writer and children's writer.

Personal life

Haug was born in

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on 28 August 1956. She died on 23 August 2018.Cindy Haug har gått bort

Career

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''. Launched as a novel, the book is a mixture of poetry and prose. Among her books are from 1983, (1984), (1989), from 1993, from 1994, and from 1997. Literary historian Øystein Rottem characterised Haug's poetry as

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esthetics. She was awarded Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment in 1993. She died during 2018 and was interred in Hamar Cathedral.

Selected works

*''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

1956 births 2018 deaths Norwegian children's writers Norwegian women children's writers 20th-century Norwegian women writers 21st-century Norwegian women writers People from Hamar {{Norway-writer-stub