Marita Fossum (born 14 March 1965) is a Norwegian writer.

Life and career

Fossum was born on 14 March 1965. Her literary debut was the

novel A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. The word derives from the for 'new', 'news', or 'short story (of something new)', itself from the , a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ...

''Verden utenfor'' from 2002. Her novel (2004) deals with the tragedy of losing a child. She was awarded the

Brage Prize The Brage Prize (Norwegian: ''Brageprisen'') is a Norwegian literature prize that is awarded annually by the Norwegian Book Prize foundation (''Den norske bokprisen''). The prize recognizes recently published Norwegian literature. The Brage Pr ...

in 2005 for the novel ''Forestill deg''. In 2006 she wrote the childhood story .

Awards

*''Tanums Kvinnestipend'' 2005 *

2005

References

1965 births Living people 21st-century Norwegian novelists Norwegian women novelists 21st-century Norwegian women writers {{Norway-novelist-stub