Mari Osmundsen

Mari Osmundsen
Born (1951-06-20) 20 June 1951[1]
Molde, Norway[1]
Other namesAnne Kristine Halling
Kia Halling
OccupationsNovelist
Children's writer
Translator
AwardsGyldendal's Endowment

Mari Osmundsen is the literary pseudonym of Anne Kristine Halling (born 20 June 1951), a Norwegian novelist and children's writer. She made her literary debut in 1978 with the novel Vi klarer det!.[1] According to literary historian Øystein Rottem, this and her next novel, På vei mot himmelen (1979) are both pure social realism in the spirit of the Maoist movement AKP (m-l).[2]: 120 

In 1982 she published the short story collection Wow, where she combined feminist problems with dreamlike elements,[2]: 121–122  as well as the children's book Den grønne damen. En nifs historie for barn og foreldre, where a family is hunted by a ghost with an old-fasioned view of women.[2]: 126  The novel Gode gjerninger (1984) focuses on issues such as neo-Nazism and racism, and also contains elements of fantasy.[2]: 122 

Osmundsen was awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment in 1984 (shared with Simen Skjønsberg).[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mari Osmundsen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d Rottem, Øystein (1998). "Engasjert problemdiktning og overskridende fantasi – Mari Osmundsen". Norges Litteraturhistorie. Etterkrigslitteraturen (in Norwegian). Vol. 3. Oslo: Cappelen. pp. 120–127. ISBN 82-02-16426-5.
  3. ^ "Gyldendalprisen" (in Norwegian). forfatterportalen.no. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
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