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Britt Karin Larsen

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Norwegian poet and author

NorwayWritersBorn 1945 · age 81
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Britt Karin Larsen is a Norwegian former model, poet, author and government scholar. Larsen debuted as a poet in 1978 with 5 mg blues og andre dikt, and has published many poetry collections and novels since.

Awards 6

2014Dobloug Prize
2001Amalie Skram Award
2001Riksmål Society Literature Prize
1998Hedmark fylkeskommunes kulturpris
1998Sarpsborgprisen
1993Gyldendal's Endowment

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Britt Karin Larsen is a Norwegian former model, poet, author and government scholar. Larsen debuted as a poet in 1978 with 5 mg blues og andre dikt, and has published many poetry collections and novels since. She is best known for her novel trilogy about Norwegian and Swedish Travellers, De som ser etter tegn (1997), De usynliges by (1998) and Sangen om løpende hester (1999). The trilogy has been called a literary monument for Romany people in Norway. Larsen was given the Norsk PEN's highest freedom prize, the Ossietzky-prisen, in 2000. She was awarded the Amalie Skram Prize in 2001.

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Norway
Category
Writers
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Writer / Author
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living
Dates
Born 1945 · age 81
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10 languages

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