Cecilie Løveid (born 21 August 1951) is a Norwegian novelist, poet, playwright, and writer of children's books.

Personal life

Løveid was born in Mysen to ship's captain Erik Løveid and actress Ingrid Cecilie Meyer. She had a cohabiting relationship with musician Bjørn Ianke.

Career

Løveid made her literary debut in 1972, with the novel ''Most''. She received the ''Gyldendal Prize'' in 2001. Løveid's first play was the one-act ''Tingene, tingene'', published in the literary magazine '' Vinduet'' in 1976. In total she has written about thirty plays, librettos or other texts for radio or stage performance. In 2013 the poem "

Punishment Punishment, commonly, is the imposition of an undesirable or unpleasant outcome upon a group or individual, meted out by an authority—in contexts ranging from child discipline to criminal law—as a response and deterrent to a particular acti ...

" (''Straff'') was printed in '' Aftenposten'', as "This Week's Poem", on 8 April. In an interview with the newspaper she said that the poem is about Breivik, and that she has no opinion about the verdict of his trial—because that is outside the scope of the poem. The poem starts with "I am glad that he got the punishment that he got. As t isknown, he will be led by the hand, from grave to grave." It ends with "Therefore, and even if he does all of this, it will be calm/quiet."

Awards

* Gyldendal's Endowment 1979 (shared with

Wera Sæther Wera Sæther (born 19 May 1945) is a Norwegian psychologist, poet, novelist, essayist, writer of books for youth and of documentary books. She made her literary debut in 1974 with the poetry collection ''Barnet og brødet''. Sæther was awarded ...

) * Prix Italia 1982 * Aschehoug Prize 1984 * Dobloug Prize 1990 (Shared with Johannes Heggland) * Ibsen Prize 1999 *''Gyldendal Prize'' 2001 *

Brage Prize The Brage Prize (Norwegian: ''Brageprisen'') is a Norwegian literature prize that is awarded annually by the Norwegian Book Prize foundation (''Den norske bokprisen''). The prize recognizes recently published Norwegian literature. The Brage Priz ...

, open class 2017

References

External links

Author's homepage
1951 births Living people People from Eidsberg 20th-century Norwegian novelists 21st-century Norwegian novelists 21st-century Norwegian poets 20th-century Norwegian women writers 21st-century Norwegian women writers Norwegian children's writers Women librettists Norwegian dramatists and playwrights Norwegian women novelists Dobloug Prize winners Norwegian women children's writers Norwegian women dramatists and playwrights Norwegian women poets {{Norway-writer-stub