| Mona Høvring | ||
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Mona Høvring was born in 1962 in Haugesund, Norway. She has been a dentist’s assistant, has worked in an aluminium factory, in a bookshop, and on an oil rig in the North Sea. Currently she works for The Norwegian Authors’ Union as a member of The Literary Council. She has published four collections of poetry: IIK!! Ein dialog / EEK!! A Dialogue (Gyldendal, 1998), Ensomme badedager og andre dikt / Lonely Bathing Days and Other Poems (Oktober, 2000), Helt vanlige mirakler / Ordinary Miracles (Oktober, 2006) and Å paradis / Oh Paradise (Oktober, 2008). Her first novel, Noe som hjelper / Something that Helps (Oktober, 2004) was nominated for the yearbook of The Book club Kursiv in the same year (Film option sold to Tordenfilm). In 2006, the poem ‘Fersken, Plomme, pœre’ / ‘Peach, Plum, Pear’ – from Helt vanlige mirakler – was nominated for the poem of the year by Ordfront radio program on NRK P2. Helt vanlige mirakler was also nominated in 2007 for Ungdommens Kritikerpris (inspired by the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens). In Le Milieu: 'Dikt / Poems'. |
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