Kirsten Thorup is a Danish author.

Background and education

Kirsten Thorup was born in Gelsted,

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, Denmark in 1942. After a brief stay in

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as an au pair, she studied English at the

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. She quit university already after a year.

Literary works

She is the author of three poetry collections, a volume of short stories, and three novels including ''

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'' which has been translated into English. She has also written for films, television, and radio. Her novel, ''Den lange sommer'', was published in Denmark in 1979. Kirsten Thorup now lives in

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Bibliography

* ''I dagens anledning'' (short stories) – 1968 * ''Baby'' (novel) – 1973 * ''Lille Jonna'' (novel) – 1977 * ''Den lange sommer'' (novel) – 1979 * ''Himmel og helvede'' (novel) – 1982 * ''Den yderste grænse'' (novel) – 1987 * ''Elskede ukendte'' (novel) – 1994 * ''Bonsai'' (novel) – 2000 * ''Ingenmandsland'' (novel) – 2003 * ''Erindring om kærligheden'' (lit: ''Memory of love'') (novel) * ''Indtil vanvid, indtil døden'' (novel) – 2020

Recognition

* 1974 – Otto Gelsted Prize * 1996 –

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* 2000 –

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* 2017 – Nordic Council Literature Prize

References

1942 births Living people 20th-century Danish novelists Recipients of the Grand Prize of the Danish Academy Danish women novelists 20th-century Danish poets Danish women poets 20th-century Danish short story writers Danish women short story writers 20th-century Danish women writers People from Middelfart Municipality {{Denmark-bio-stub