Cindy Kristin Haug (26 August 1956 – 23 August 2018) was a Norwegian experimental writer and children's writer. She was born in

Hamar Hamar is a List of cities in Norway, town in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet Counties of Norway, county, Norway. Hamar is the administrative centre of Hamar Municipality. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Hedmarken. ...

and was educated at

Oslo National Academy of the Arts The Oslo National Academy of the Arts ( no, Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo, ''KHiO'') is a university college in Oslo, Norway, that provides education in visual arts, design and performing arts. It is one of two public institutes of higher learning in ...

(''Statens kunst- og håndverksskole''). Cindy Haug har gått bort
She wrote in many different genres and experimented through writing with a mix of styles. She made her literary debut in 1982. Among her books are from 1983, from 1993, from 1994, and from 1997. She was awarded

Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment is an annually awarded literary prize from the publishing house Aschehoug. The prize is a recognition of superior literary work. The publisher's editorial management makes the award based on their collective judgement ...

in 1993. She died during 2018 and was interred in

Hamar Cathedral Hamar Cathedral ( no, Hamar domkirke) is the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Hamar within the Church of Norway. The cathedral is located in the town of Hamar which is in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is one of the churches f ...

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