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Liv Køltzow

リヴ・クルトゾー

Rivu Kōrutsō

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1945-01-14 (Oslo)
Died
2025-10-12 (Bærum) age 80
Nationality
Norway
Languages
Norwegian
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Oslo → Bærum

Career

Occupations
novelist, playwright, biographer, essayist
Active Years
1970-2025
Nominations
Nominated for Nordic Council's Literature Prize (1989, Hvem har ditt ansikt)

Awards

Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment
1975
Result: 受賞
Gyldendal's Endowment
1988
Organization: Gyldendal
Result: 受賞
Amalie Skram Prize
1994
Result: 受賞(初受賞者)
Brage Prize
1997
Work: Verden forsvinner
Result: 受賞
Gyldendal Prize
2015
Organization: Gyldendal
Result: 受賞
Aschehoug Prize
2018
Work: Melding til alle reisende
Organization: Aschehoug
Result: 受賞
Brage Prize
2021
Result: 受賞
Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature
2021
Work: Dagbøker i utvalg 1964–2018
Category: ノンフィクション
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Hvem bestemmer over Bjørg og Unni?

1972 novel

Short novel regarded as Norway's first pamphlet of militant and socialist feminism in the 1970s.

feminismwomen's rights

Historien om Eli

1975 novel

Novel dealing with psychological aspects of individuals. Translated into Swedish and Danish.

psychology
Translations
  • Swedish translation
  • Danish translation

Verden forsvinner

1997 novel

Brage Prize winner.

Melding til alle reisende

2018 novel

Aschehoug Prize winner.

Bibliography

  • Øyet i treet (1970)
  • Hvem bestemmer over Bjørg og Unni? (1972)
  • Historien om Eli (1975)
  • Løp, mann (1980)
  • April/November (1983)
  • Hvem har ditt ansikt (1988)
  • Den unge Amalie Skram (1992)
  • Verden forsvinner (1997)
  • Det avbrutte bildet (2002)
  • Melding til alle reisende (2018)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
modernistfeminist literaturepsychological
Recurring Motifs
women's experiencespsychological conflicts

Health

  • Parkinson's disease
    晩年、数十年間
    Suffered for many years until death.

Legacy

Central figure in Norwegian feminist writing in the 1970s. Received multiple literary awards.

Trivia

  • Married writer Espen Haavardsholm from 1966 to 1973.
  • Married Kjell Heggelund from 1985 until his death in 2017.