Cindy Kristin Haug
Born(1956-08-28)28 August 1956
Hamar in Hedmark , Norway
Died23 August 2018(2018-08-23) (aged 61)
Occupationwriter
AwardsMads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment (1993)

Cindy Kristin Haug (28 August 1956 – 23 August 2018) was a Norwegian experimental writer and children's writer.

Personal life

Haug was born in Hamar on 28 August 1956.[1]

She died on 23 August 2018.[2]

Career

She wrote in many different genres and experimented through writing with a mix of styles. She made her literary debut in 1982, with Se deg ikke tilbake mot Europa og bli stein...O Eurydike.[1] Launched as a novel, the book is a mixture of poetry and prose.[3]

Among her books are Faen heller flirer fagert from 1983,[1] Mitt liv, fiksjoner (1984), Skumlepper (1989),[3] Gaupehjerte from 1993, Tiende bok from 1994, and Fjærtegn from 1997.[1] Literary historian Øystein Rottem characterised Haug's poetry as postmodern esthetics.[3]

She was awarded Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment in 1993.[2]

She died during 2018 and was interred in Hamar Cathedral.[2]

Selected works

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Cindy Haug". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  2. ^ a b c Cindy Haug har gått bort (in Norwegian)
  3. ^ a b c Rottem, Øystein (1998). "Gene Dalby og Cindy Haug – 80-tallspoesiens Bonnie & Clyde". Norges Litteraturhistorie. Etterkrigslitteraturen (in Norwegian). Vol. 3. Oslo: Cappelen. pp. 521–526. ISBN 82-02-16426-5.
Awards Preceded byElin Brodin Recipient of the Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment 1993 Succeeded byMerethe Lindstrøm


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