Maren Uthaug

Born in Kautokeino Municipality in 1972, Uthaug moved to Denmark in 1980, at the age of seven, and eventually settled in Copenhagen.

Her father was a Sami from Tana, Norway; her mother [was from Trøndelag county. or] was trøndersk.^[1]

She is columnist for the Danish newspaper Politiken, where she publishes the comic strip Ting jeg gjorde.^[2]

Her book debut was Det er gøy å være same from 2010, a collection of satirical comic strips. Her novel debut was Sådan blev det from 2013, about a little girl moving to Denmark along with her father. Her 2017 novel Hvor der er fugle is set in the coastal districts of Trøndelag. She issued the novel En lykkelig slutning in 2019, a family chronicle over several generations.^[2] In 2022 she published the novel 11 %, picturing a dysfunctional society controlled by women, without free men.^[3] The novel was awarded De Gyldne Laurbær for 2022.^[4]