Merethe Lindstrøm - World Literary Awards

プロフィール

性別: 女性
生誕: 1963-05-26 （Bergen, Norway）
国籍: Norwegian
言語: Norwegian

経歴

職業: author, novelist, short story writer
活動期間: 1983年〜
ノミネート: The Guests (Gjestene) — nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize, The Guests (Gjestene) — nominated for the Norwegian Critics' Prize for Literature

受賞歴

年	賞名	対象作品	部門	主催	結果
1994	Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment	—	—	Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment	won
2008	Dobloug Prize	—	—	Swedish Academy	won
2011	Norwegian Critics' Prize for Literature	Days in the History of Silence	—	Norwegian Critics' Association	won
2012	Nordic Council's Literature Prize	Days in the History of Silence	—	Nordic Council	won

Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment

1994

主催: Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment

結果: won

Dobloug Prize

2008

主催: Swedish Academy

結果: won

Norwegian Critics' Prize for Literature

2011

対象作品: Days in the History of Silence

主催: Norwegian Critics' Association

結果: won

Nordic Council's Literature Prize

2012

対象作品: Days in the History of Silence

主催: Nordic Council

結果: won

受賞・候補エディション

Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature 1回登壇

第121回（2011年） Winner

Nordic Council Literature Prize 1回登壇

第52回（2012年） Winner

作品

代表作

Days in the History of Silence

2011年 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

翻訳

Days in the History of Silence

The Guests

2007年 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年 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年 novel

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

relationshipspsychology

The Anatomy of Birds

2019年 novel

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

language and expressionhuman relationships

全著作

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)

作品の翻訳

Days in the History of Silence — English translation

作風・主題

文体: delicate, restrained proseprecise depiction of interiority
頻出モチーフ: silencelonelinessfamily tensionunspeakable emotions

評価・遺産

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.

資料所蔵先

Lindstrøm archives (materials referenced by Oslo Literary Agency)

引用

"Someone who portrays the inner pain points with disturbing precision through language."

出典: Store Norske Leksikon (Large Norwegian Lexicon)

豆知識

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.