
Anne Lise Marstrand Jørgensen
Literary fiction, children's books
Awards:
DRs novel of the year 2021
Jeanne og Henri Nathansens mindelegat
Edvard Pedersens Biblioteksfonds litterature award
Otto Gelsted award
Bibelselskabets award
Politikens Literature award
Søren Gyldendal-Prisen
Anne Lise Marstrand- Jørgensen made her debut as a writer in 1998 with a collection of poems. Her popular books about the German nun, doctor and composer Hildegard of Bingen. HILDEGARD I and HILDEGARD II won the Weekendavisen Literature Award and strenghtened her position as one of Denmark’s most interesting authors.
With the greatest fervor, the wildest imagination and never-failing ambitions, Anne Lise Marstrand-Jørgensen in her seventeen works has dug herself into the deepest darkness and sought the clearest light in her description of human life's ambivalence, challenges and potential for transformation
Jury, Søren Gyldendal Fiction Award