Kjersti Scheen

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Kjersti Scheen
Born (1943-08-17) 17 August 1943 (age 82)
Oslo, Norway [1]
Alma mater Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry
Occupation(s)Illustrator and writer
Awards Gyldendal's Endowment (1994)

Kjersti Scheen (born 17 August 1943) is a Norwegian journalist, illustrator, novelist, crime fiction writer and children's writer.

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Personal life

Scheen was born in Oslo [2] : 240  on 17 August 1943. Her parents were illustrator Abraham Bøchman Scheen and Marit Rønning. She was married to potter Kyrre Grepp from 1967 to 1971, and from 1983 to Per Otnes  [ de ]. [3]

Career

Scheen studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry from 1960 to 1964. [3]

She worked as a freelance illustrator from 1963 to 1970, when she was appointed as journalist and illustrator for the newspaper Friheten . From 1980 she was a full-time independent writer and illustrator. [3]

She made her literary debut in 1976 with the children's book Fie og mørket. [3] She wrote three humorous easy-to-read books for children, Sofie og pytondagen (1988), Sofie og tøffe Anders (1989), and Sofie og hulesteinen (1990). [2] : 240  Later children's books are Nattkatten (1998), Marilyn og Mia i den Onde Greves Skog (2000), Britneys hemmelighet (2002), Maja i lakkskobakken (2004), Øyenvitnet (2005), Linnea og kastanjeprisen (2006), Emma 3 og Tore Hund (2007), and Da Simen var spøkelse (2012). [3]

Her first book for grown-ups was the novel Vårmåne (1986), followed by the novels Reisebeskrivelse (1990) and De siste vokterne (1991). They all have female protagonists with traumatic childhood experiences.{{ref name=nlh-3/>: 802 

In 1992 she wrote her first novel for young adults, I byen – der alt kan skje. [2] : 240  This was followed by tne novels Kaperøya (1992), Månefeen (1993), [2] : 241  where issues like anorexia are treated, [3] and Villas vals (1993). [2] : 241 

Her novel Teppefall from 1994 introduced a series of crime novels with ex actress "Margaret Moss" as the main character. [1] Further crime novels with Margaret Moss are Ingen applaus for morderen (1996), and Englemakerne (1998). [2] : 803  Her last two crime fiction books with Margaret Moss are Den syvende synd (2000), and Lik i lasta (2003). [3]

Scheen was awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment in 1994 (shared with Bjørn Aamodt). [4]

Many of her books have been translated into other languages.

She was a board member of Tegneforbundet  [ no ] from 1977 to 1981, and of the Norwegian Writers for Children from 1989 to 1993. [3]

Selected works

References

  1. 1 2 Rottem, Øystein. "Kjersti Scheen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rottem, Øystein (1998). Norges Litteraturhistorie. Etterkrigslitteraturen (in Norwegian). Vol. 3. Oslo: Cappelen. ISBN   82-02-16426-5.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Kjersti Scheen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  4. ↑ "Gyldendalprisen" (in Norwegian). forfatterportalen.no. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
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