Britt Karin Larsen
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Britt Karin Larsen (born 16 April 1945) is a Norwegian poet, author and government scholar. Larsen debuted as a poet in 1978 with 5 mg blues og andre dikt, and has published a great deal of poetry collections and novels since then. She is best known for her novel-trilogy about Norwegian and Swedish Travellers, De som ser etter tegn (1997), De usynliges by (1998) and Sangen om løpende hester (1999). The trilogy has been called a literary monument for Romany people in Norway. Larsent was given the Norsk PEN's highest freedom prize, the Ossietzky-prisen, in 2000.
Bibliography
- 5 mg blues og andre dikt – poem (1978)
- Kniven skal du ta vare på – poem (1981)
- Før stengetid – poem (1983)
- Hvorfor venter vi her? – poem (1986)
- Du er likevel til. Brev til et barn som ikke ble født – letters (1989)
- Ingenting er helt som før – children's book (1990)
- I ly for regnet – novel (1990)
- Ørkenhagen – poem (1991)
- Engang var vi som vinden – prose (1991)
- Det nye havet – Children's book (1991) (Illustrated by Torill Marø Henrichsen)
- Alexanders hemmelighet – Children's book (1992)
- Ormens øye – novel (1993)
- Reise om høsten – novel (1994)
- Som snøen faller – novel (1995)
- Munnen i gresset – novel (1996)
- De som ser etter tegn – novel (1997)
- De usynliges by – novel (1998)
- Sangen om løpende hester – novel (1999)
- Å finne en skog – novel (2000)
- Vesle-Hjalmar og kilden – Children's book (2001) (Co-author Liv Borge. Illustrated by Torill Marø Henrichsen)
- Et annet folk – novel (2001)
- Duggpunkt ved daggry – novel (2001)
- Det kan komme fine dager – novel (2002)
- Fortellinger om kjærlighet – novel (2003)
- Som kjærlighet, nesten. En bok om alkohol – prose (2004) (Co-author Tor Georg Danielsen)
Prizes
- Gyldendal's Endowment 1993
- Sarpsborgprisen 1998
- Hedmark fylkeskommunes kulturpris 1998
- Ossietzky-prisen 2000
- Riksmålsforbundets litteraturpris 2001
- Amalie Skram-prisen 2001
