Dorrit Willumsen
Dorrit Willumsen (born 31 August 1940 in Nørrebro, Copenhagen) is a Danish writer. She made her literary debut in 1965 with the short story collection Knagen.
She was awarded the Danish Critics Prize for Literature in 1983.[1] In 1995 she was awarded the Søren Gyldendal Prize. In 1997 she was awarded the Nordic Council's Literature Prize for the novel Bang. En roman om Herman Bang.[2] She married the playwright Jess Ørnsbo in 1963, and their son Tore Ørnsbo (1970-) is also a writer.
Works
- 1965 Knagen, short stories
- 1967 Stranden, novel
- 1968 Da, novel
- 1970 The, krydderi, acryl, salær, græshopper, novel
- 1973 Modellen Coppelia, short stories
- 1974 En værtindes smil
- 1976 Kontakter, poetry
- 1976 Neonhaven, novel
- 1978 Hvis det virkelig var en film, short stories
- translated as If it Really Were a Film (1982)
- 1978 Den usynlige skønhed, poetry
- 1980 Danske fortællinger, short stories
- 1980 Manden som påskud
- 1982 Programmeret til kærlighed
- 1983 Umage par, poetry
- 1984 Marie: en novel om Marie Tussauds liv
- translated by Patricia Crampton as Marie: a novel about the life of Madame Tussaud (1986)
- 1985 Caroline, play
- 1988 Suk hjerte, novel
- 1989 Glemslens forår, short stories
- 1995 Klædt i purpur, historical novel
- 1997 Bang. En roman om Herman Bang
- 1997 De kattens feriedage, humour
- 2000 Koras stemme, novel
- 2001 Tøs: et hundeliv
- 2003 Bruden fra Gent, novel
- 2005 Den dag jeg blev Honey
References
- ^ Litteraturpriser.dk Kritikerprisen
- ^ "Nordic Council Literature Prize list of winners". Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved 2008-10-25.