Jessen, Ida (1964–) Works   hu da

Biography

Ida Jessen, born 1964, made her literary debut in 1989 with the collection of short stories Under sten (Under Stones) and has since then written a number of novels and short stories as well as children books. She is considered as the master of psychological realism in contemporary Danish fiction and has been given numerous prestigious awards. Ida Jessen is a member of The Danish Academy, and also translates the work of among others Alice Munro and Marilynne Robinson.
Her own work has been awarded a long list of prizes and awards for her work: The Danish Art Foundation (several times), The Danish Arts Council (several times), The Egholt Prize, The Albert Dam Grant, The Holger Drachmann Grant, The Jytte Borberg Prize, Søren Gyldendal-Prize and BG Bank’s Literature Prize - and in 2010 The Golden Laurels 2009, the biggest and most significant prize awarded by the Danish booksellers.
Ida Jessen was also nominated for the Prize of the Nordic Council 2010. Her backlist is sold to several foreign publishers.
Ida Jessen has been selected as the Danish contribution for THE 2016 BEST EURPOEAN FICTION by Dalkey Archive.

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