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Merethe Lindstrøm

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Merethe Lindstrøm

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1963-05-26 （Bergen, Norway）
Nationality
Norwegian
Languages
Norwegian

Career

Occupations
author, novelist, short story writer
Active Years
1983-
Nominations
The Guests (Gjestene) — nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize, The Guests (Gjestene) — nominated for the Norwegian Critics' Prize for Literature

Awards

Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment
1994
Organization: Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment
Result: won
Dobloug Prize
2008
Organization: Swedish Academy
Result: won
Norwegian Critics' Prize for Literature
2011
Work: Days in the History of Silence
Organization: Norwegian Critics' Association
Result: won
Nordic Council's Literature Prize
2012
Work: Days in the History of Silence
Organization: Nordic Council
Result: won

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Days in the History of Silence

2011 novel

A novel that quietly examines silence, doubt and inner pain within intimate relationships. It explores unspoken emotions between family members and those close to each other and their consequences.

silencefamily relationshipsinner painbreakdown of communication
Translations
  • Days in the History of Silence

The Guests

2007 short story collection

A collection of short stories dealing with distance and silence that arise in human relationships and among close ones. Each story depicts discrepancies between people with a quiet tension.

sense of distancelonelinesssilence

The Realm of the Rain Children

1992 novel

A novel published in 1992. An early work that shows attempts to carefully portray inner details and the psychology of characters.

interiorityhuman relationships

The Stone Collectors

1996 novel

A novel published in 1996. It depicts relationships between characters and the psychological upheavals associated with them.

relationshipspsychology

The Anatomy of Birds

2019 novel

A recent novel. One of her works that depicts human relationships and interiority using precise language.

language and expressionhuman relationships

Bibliography

  • Sexorcisten og andre fortellinger (1983)
  • Borte, men savnet (1986)
  • Kannibal-leken (1990)
  • The Realm of the Rain Children (1992)
  • Svømme under vann (1994)
  • The Stone Collectors (1996)
  • The Substitute (1997)
  • Mille og den magiske kringlen (1997)
  • I Know This House (1999)
  • A Shelter for the Night (2002)
  • Nothing about the Dark (2003)
  • The Child Searcher (2005)
  • The Guests (2007)
  • Days in the History of Silence (2011)
  • Architect (2013)
  • From the Winter Archives (2015)
  • North (2017)
  • The Anatomy of Birds (2019)

Translations of Works

  • Days in the History of Silence — English translation

Style & Themes

Literary Style
delicate, restrained proseprecise depiction of interiority
Recurring Motifs
silencelonelinessfamily tensionunspeakable emotions

Legacy

Regarded as one of the prominent contemporary Norwegian writers. Her work, noted for depicting silence and inner pain in human relationships, has earned major awards including the Nordic Council's Literature Prize and the Norwegian Critics' Prize.

Archives

  • Lindstrøm archives (materials referenced by Oslo Literary Agency)

Quotes

  • "Someone who portrays the inner pain points with disturbing precision through language."
    Source: Store Norske Leksikon (Large Norwegian Lexicon)

Trivia

  • Debuted in 1983 with a collection of short stories.
  • Won the Norwegian Critics' Prize in 2011 for Days in the History of Silence and the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2012.
  • Born in Bergen, Norway.