Sidsel Mørck (born 28 November 1937) is a Norwegian poet, novelist and columnist. Her awards include the

Fritt Ord honorary award Fritt Ord Award consists of two prizes awarded by the Fritt Ord Foundation (''Stiftelsen Fritt Ord''). Two prizes are awarded in support of freedom of speech and freedom of expression; the Fritt Ord Award ( no, Fritt Ords pris) and the Fritt Or ...

and the Ossietzky Award.

Career

Mørck made her literary debut in 1967 with the

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''Et ødselt sekund''. Further poetry collections are ''Dager kan vokse'' from 1969, ''Apropos'' (1970), ''Først var det små rom'' (1971), ''I forhold til'' (1973), ''En mykere morgen'' (1977), ''Byliv'' (1980), and ''Hver eneste natt'' from 1990. Her collections of songs and poetry for children include ''Erta, berta sukkererta'' from 1978, ''Sur og blid-vers'' (1987), ''På tvers-vers'' (1993) and ''Hit og dit-vers'' (2002). In total, she has published over 30 novels, short stories and collections of poems for adults and children. As an activist, she has written over 120 articles on social issues, particularly environmental protection and industrial pollution, and given a number of lectures. In 2013, Mørck received the Ossietzky Award, in recognition of her strong social commitment, especially in the field of women's affairs, gender roles and environmental protection. As well as including these issues in her writing, Mørck is an active social debater and columnist. Mørck was on the board of The

Sophie Prize The Sophie Prize was an international environment and development prize (USD 100,000) awarded annually from 1998 to 2013. It was established in 1997 by the Norwegian author Jostein Gaarder and his wife Siri Dannevig, and is named after Gaarder's no ...

, an international environment and development prize awarded annually from 1998 to 2013.

Early life

Born in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

on 28 November 1937, Mørck grew up in

Sandefjord Sandefjord () is a city and the most populous municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The municipality of Sandefjord was established on 1 January 1838. The municipality of Sandar was merged into Sandefjord on 1 January 1969. On 1 ...

, Norway. For ten years, from 1968 to 1978, she lived in the industrial area of Norsk Hydro in

Porsgrunn is a city and municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Porsgrunn. The municipality of Porsgrunn was ...

, which sparked her commitment to environmental protection. Her stepgrandfather, Dimitri Dimitrivich Koloboff, who she called dad, came to Norway from Russia in 1920. His journey is the subject of Mørck's 2010 book ''Pappa – a Russian refugee.''

Awards

* 1976:

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 ...

* 1988 : Oppretter Venstres miljøpris * 1989 : Kardemommestipendiet * 1990 :

Fritt Ord Honorary Award Fritt Ord Award consists of two prizes awarded by the Fritt Ord Foundation (''Stiftelsen Fritt Ord''). Two prizes are awarded in support of freedom of speech and freedom of expression; the Fritt Ord Award ( no, Fritt Ords pris) and the Fritt Or ...

* 1991 : Rachel Carson Prize (environmentalist award) * 1993 :

Government scholar Government scholar (Norwegian, ''statsstipendiat'') is a position awarded by the Parliament of Norway upon the recommendation of the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Education and Research and funded directly over the State budget of Nor ...

* 2009 : Vestfold Literature Prize ( Vestfolds Litteraturpris) * 2012 : Ordknappen 2012 for the book ''Brother'' * 2013 : Ossietzky Award

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morck, Sidsel 1937 births Living people Writers from Oslo 20th-century Norwegian novelists 21st-century Norwegian novelists 20th-century Norwegian poets Norwegian women novelists Norwegian women poets 21st-century Norwegian women writers 20th-century Norwegian women writers