Auteur

Bjørg Vik (1935) verwierf zich met haar debuut, de verhalenbundel Søndag ettermiddag (1963), meteen een eigen plaats in de Noorse literatuur. Vik schrijft behalve verhalen ook romans, toneelstukken, hoorspelen en kinderboeken. Voor haar werk ontving ze onder meer de Bookseller's Prize.

In 1998 verscheen Late liefde in Noorwegen en werd direct een bestseller. Karakteristiek voor het werk van Vik is de openhartige wijze waarop vrouwen portretteerd worden: van alle leeftijden, uit uiteenlopende milieus en in allerlei omstandigheden.

Bjørg Vik won de Noorse Kritikerpris in 1979 met het boek En håndfull lengsel

Haar uitgeverij geft de volgende informatie: Bjørg Vik (born 1935) has made her mark on Norwegian literature over a period of more than 30 years. She has published 25 books, including novels, short-stories, plays, and radio-plays. Her work has been translated into a number of languages. During the 60's and 70's, Bjørg Vik's writings presented an unusual and provocative image of the erotically active woman, including 'Fortellinger om frihet' (Tales of Freedom), 1975, and 'To akter for fem kvinner' (Two Acts for Five Women), 1974.

Then, at the end of the 80's she published the Elsi Lund trilogy, which made her work popular among readers of a new generation. In many ways, Bjørg Vik's literary career is a mirror-image of the developing debate on women's issues in Norwegian society - from the oppressed SOS from the deep couch, via the more articulated battle-cry of the women's movement, to the deepening understanding of both sexes which is a trademark of the acute psychological descriptions contained in her prose. The work of Bjørg Vik is a true record of love and its various conditions.

In 1998 Bjørg Vik wrote the novel 'Roser i et sprukket krus' (Roses in a Shattered Vase). The main character Maja Sellmann is left alone in the house when her beloved husband dies just after Maja's sixtieth birthday. She is stuck in the small town with her children and grandchildren - and the rest of her life in front of her. Behind Maja's sorrow she can feel that there is a compete living woman left inside her. Then suddenly fate offers her an opportunity. This is an important novel about how women may take charge of their own life. The novel was described by critics as 'one of the finest, most learned novels of the year'. (VG). Aftenposten wrote, 'Bjørg Vik's latest offering fulfils many of the requirements of a classic...' . (Bron uitgever Cappelen)

Publicaties

Overzicht publicaties (met vertalingen):

2005, Sensommer
2002, Forholdene tatt i betraktning
2001, Salong Saratustra
1999, Alt kvinner tilgir
1998, Roser i et sprukket krus (Late Liefde - 2000)
1996, Gatenes magi
1994, Elsi Lund
1993, Den lange veien til et annet menneske
1992, Reisen til Venezia
1991, Poplene på St. Hanshaugen
1990, Vinterhagen
1988, Små nøkler, store rom
1987, Jørgen Bombasta
1985, En gjenglemt petunia
1984, Fribillett til Soria Moria
1982, Snart er det høst
1981, Det trassige håp
1979, En håndfull lengsel
1978, Sorgenfri
1976, Gutten som sådde tiøringer
1975, Fortellinger om frihet
1974, To akter for fem kvinner
1974, Hurra, det ble en pike
1972, Kvinneakvariet
1970, Gråt, elskede mann
1968, Det grådige hjerte
1967, Ferie
1966, Nødrop fra en myk sofa
1963, Søndag ettermiddag
--, bloemlezing (Is het al zomer geweest - 1981)

Het overzicht van de originele publicaties is niet per se compleet. Ik streef om praktische redenen geen volledigheid na.

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