Kim Leine
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Kim Leine Rasmussen (b. 28 August 1961 in Seljord, Telemark, Norway) is a Danish-Norwegian author who writes predominantly about Greenland.[1]
His books have been translated into twenty languages[2] and won several prestigious literary prizes. His novel The Prophets of Eternal Fjord won six literature prizes in 2012 and 2013.[3][4][5][6]
He spent his childhood years in the Norwegian village of Seljord, where the family was characterized by their Jehovah's Witness faith.[7] In 1978 he moved to Denmark, where he lived with his father for five years. He then trained as a nurse at Bispebjerg Nursing School in 1987.[1] In 1989 he moved with his wife to Greenland, where they lived for 3 years in Nuuk and later in East Greenland and Langeland. In 2000 he was divorced and in 2004 he returned to Denmark.[citation needed] After reading and writing continuously since the age of 12, he made his debut at the age of 46 with the novel Kalak in 2007.[1] He has two children from his first marriage in the 1980s and two from his current marriage.
Bibliography
Novels
- Kalak (2007)
- Valdemarsdag (2008)
- Tunu (2009)
- Profeterne i Evighedsfjorden (2012); English translation: The Prophets of Eternal Fjord part 1 of the Greenlandic trilogy
- Afgrunden (2015)
- De søvnløse (2016)
- Rød mand/Sort mand (Gyldendal, 2018); English translation: The Colony of Good Hope (March 2022) part 2 of the Greenlandic trilogy
- Efter Åndemaneren (Gyldendal, 2021) part 3 of the Greenlandic trilogy
- Karolines Kamp 1 (2022)
- Karolines Kamp 2 (2023)
Children's books
- Drengen der drog nordpå med sin far for at finde julemanden (2015), illustrated by Peter Bay Alexandersen
- Skovpigen Skærv (2016), illustrated by Peter Bay Alexandersen
- Pigen der kunne tale med hunde (2017), illustrated by Peter Bay Alexandersen
Comics
- Trojka 1: Skarabæens time (2018), illustrated by Søren Mosdal[8]
