Tusvik, Marit
Marit Tusvik (b 1951) made her debut in 1979 with the collection of poetry and prose REISA TIL MANDARINLANDET. She has since written numerous collections of poetry, plays and children’s books, and she made her debut as a novelist in 1991 with THE ICE HOUSE which won her the New Norwegian Prize for Literature and Mads Wiel Nygaard’s Endowment.
The plays MOULD (awarded with the Ibsen Prize 1991), AFTER WILLIAM and ALL BEAUTIFUL GIRLS' HAMBO have all been staged at Norwegian theatres and been filmed for television. MOULD has also been translated into Swedish, German, French, Russian, Hungarian and Czech, and was staged in Czech Republic in 2006. AFTER WILLIAM has been translated into German.
Prizes and nominations:
- Ibsen Prize 1991, for MOULD
- Nynorsk Literature Prize 1991, for THE ICE HOUSE
- Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment 1991, for THE ICE HOUSE
- Narvesen Culture Prize 1995
- Amalie Skram Prize 1999
- Dobloug Prize 2004
Click here for information on Marit Tusvik's plays (Norwegian)
For full bibliography, please see Wikipedia
Photographer:
Espen TollefsenSelected bibliography & translations
| Year | Norwegian title | English Title | Rights sold to | Foreign publisher | ||
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| 2011 | 26 små romaner | 26 Small Novels |
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| 2009 | Deilig er jorden | Beauty Around Us |
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| 2007 | Sigrid Finne | Sigrid Finne |
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| 2005 | Angerhøy | Angerhøy |
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| 2002 | Stille og fint | Nice and Quiet |
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| 1999 | Nord | North |
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| 1995 | Bell | Bell |
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| 1991 | Ishuset | The Ice House |
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| 1990 | Mugg | Mould |
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