Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold (born 3 December 1979 in
Oslo
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) is a Norwegian author who made her literary debut in 2009 with the novel ''Jo fortere jeg går, jo mindre er jeg'' (''The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am''). The book won the
Tarjei Vesaas' Debutant Prize (judged by The Literary Council of The Norwegian Authors´ Union), and it was shortlisted for the
International Dublin Literary Award
The International Dublin Literary Award ( ga, Duais Liteartha Idirnáisiúnta Bhaile Átha Chliath), established as the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 1996, is presented each year for a novel written or translated into English. ...
2013.
Skomsvold has dramatized the novel and the play premieres at the
National Theatre (Oslo)
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History
The theatre had its first performance on 1 September 1899 but can trace its origins to Christiani ...
in 2014.
She has since written a poetry collection and several novels. Skomsvold's books are translated into more than twenty languages.
Skomsvold, Kjersti Annesdatter
Aschehoug Agency.
Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold has also published several essays, short stories and poems in anthologies and literary magazines. She is on the editorial board of the literary magazine '' Bokvennen litterært magasin''.
Skomsvold studied mathematics and computer science at the University of Oslo
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and at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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in Trondheim. Subsequently, she attended the Writers´ Class at the Nansen Academy
The Nansen Academy – Norwegian Humanistic Academy ( no, Nansenskolen – Norsk Humanistisk Akademi) is a folk high school in Lillehammer, Norway.
History
Nansen Academy was founded as a humanist and anti-totalitarian institution. The school was ...
in Lillehammer and completed studies at the Academy of Writing in Bergen. She has also studied literature at the University of Oslo, and French at Université de Caen Basse-Normandie
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The institution was founded in 1432 by John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, the first recto ...
, France.
Bibliography
*2021: ''Agnes natt og dag'' - ''Agnes Night and Day'' (novel)
*2021: ''Dyrene sover'' – ''The Animals Sleep'' (children's book), with Mari Kanstad Johnsen
*2020: ''I dag jeg, i morgen du'' - ''Today Me, Tomorrow You'' (novel)
*2019: ''Den andre forsvinninga'' - ''The Second Disappearance'' (non-fiction)
*2018: ''Barnet'' - ''The Child'' (novel)
*2015: ''Meg, meg, meg'' - ''Me, me, me'' (children's book)
*2014: ''33'' (novel)
*2014: ''Jo fortere jeg går, jo mindre er jeg'' - ''The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am'' (drama)
*2013: ''Litt trist matematikk'' - ''A Little Sad Mathematics'' (poetry)
*2012: ''Monstermenneske'' - ''Monsterhuman'' (novel)
*2009: ''Jo fortere jeg går, jo mindre er jeg'' - ''The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am'' (novel)
*2009: ''Stille når gruppe'' - ''Quiet When Group'' (editor)
Awards
*2009: Tarjei Vesaas' Debutant Prize
*2015: Dobloug Prize The Dobloug Prize ( sv, Doblougska priset, no, Doblougprisen) is a literature prize awarded for Swedish and Norwegian fiction. The prize is named after Norwegian businessman and philanthropist Birger Dobloug (1881–1944) pursuant to his bequest. T ...
References
External links
Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold
a
Forlaget OktoberSkomsvold's Homepage
1979 births
Living people
Writers from Oslo
Norwegian women novelists
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