Kim Leine Rasmussen (28 August 1961 in

Seljord Seljord is a municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional regions of Upper Telemark and Vest-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Seljord. The parish ...

Telemark Telemark is a traditional region, a former county, and a current electoral district in southern Norway. In 2020, Telemark merged with the former county of Vestfold to form the county of Vestfold og Telemark. Telemark borders the traditional ...

) is a Danish-Norwegian author who writes about

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. In 2013, he was awarded the

Nordic Council Literature Prize The Nordic Council Literature Prize is awarded for a work of literature written in one of the languages of the Nordic countries, that meets "high literary and artistic standards". Established in 1962, the prize is awarded every year, and is worth ...

for the novel ''

The Prophets of Eternal Fjord ''The Prophets of Eternal Fjord'' ( da, Profeterne i Evighedsfjorden) is a 2012 novel by Danish-Norwegian author Kim Leine. It won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2013 and was shortlisted for the 2017 International Dublin Literary Award ...

''.

Bibliography

Novels

* ''Kalak'' (2007) * ''Valdemarsdag'' (2008) * ''Tunu'' (2009) * ''Profeterne i Evighedsfjorden'' (2012); English translation: ''

'' part 1 of the Greenlandic trilogy * ''Afgrunden'' (2015) * ''De søvnløse'' (2016) * ''Rød mand/Sort mand'' (Gyldendal, 2018); English translation: ''The Colony of Good Hope'' (March 2022) part 2 of the Greenlandic trilogy * ''Efter Åndemaneren'' (Gyldendal, 2021) part 3 of the Greenlandic trilogy

Children's books

* ''Drengen der drog nordpå med sin far for at finde julemanden'' (2015), illustrated by Peter Bay Alexandersen * ''Skovpigen Skærv'' (2016), illustrated by Peter Bay Alexandersen * ''Pigen der kunne tale med hunde'' (2017), illustrated by Peter Bay Alexandersen

Comics

* ''Trojka 1: Skarabæens time'' (2018), illustrated by Søren Mosdal

References

Norwegian emigrants to Denmark Danish male novelists People from Telemark People from Seljord Nordic Council Literature Prize winners 1961 births Living people 21st-century Norwegian novelists 21st-century Danish novelists Norwegian male novelists 21st-century Danish male writers {{Norway-writer-stub