Naja Marie Aidt (born 24 December 1963) is a Danish-language poet and writer.
Aidt was born in Aasiaat, Greenland, and was brought up partly in Greenland and partly in the Vesterbro area of Copenhagen. [1] In 1991, she published her first book of poetry, Så længe jeg er ung (While I'm Still Young). Since 1993, she has been a full-time writer. In 1994, Aidt was awarded the Danish Fund for the Endowment of the Arts three-year bursary.
Aidt won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2009 for her short stories collection. Bavian (Baboon, 2006), [2] Bavian also earned her the Danish Kritikerprisen for 2007. [3]
Aidt has received several grants from Statens Kunstfond; other prizes include: