Tove Nilsen
Appearance
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Born | 25 October 1952 |
Nationality | Norwegian |
Occupation(s) | Novelist, children's writer and literary critic |
Awards | Riksmål Society Literature Prize (1993) |
Tove Nilsen (born 25 October 1952) is a Norwegian novelist, children's writer and literary critic.
Biography
[edit]Nilsen made her literary debut in 1974 with the novel Aldri la dem kle deg forsvarsløst naken. Her adolescence novel from a dormitory town, Skyskraperengler (1982) was a bestseller.[1]
She was awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize in 1993. Her novel Øyets sult (1993) was nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Tove Nilsen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
- ^ Lotherington, Tom (2003). "Tove Nilsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 6. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
Categories:
- 1952 births
- Living people
- Writers from Oslo
- 20th-century Norwegian novelists
- 21st-century Norwegian novelists
- Norwegian children's writers
- Norwegian literary critics
- Norwegian women non-fiction writers
- Norwegian women novelists
- Norwegian women children's writers
- Norwegian women literary critics
- 21st-century Norwegian women writers
- 20th-century Norwegian women writers
- Norwegian writer stubs