Bavian af naja marie aidt biography

Danish-language poet and writer (born 1963)

Naja Marie Aidt (born 24 December 1963) is a Danish-language poet and writer.

Biography

Aidt was born in Aasiaat, Greenland, and was brought up partly in Greenland and partly in the Vesterbro area of Copenhagen.

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.

Bavian af naja marie aidt biography

In 1994, Aidt was awarded the Danish Fund for the Endowment of the Arts 3-year bursary.

Aidt won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2009 for her short stories collection. Bavian (Baboon, 2006),^[1]Bavian also earned her the Danish Kritikerprisen for 2007.^[2]

Bibliography

• Har døden taget noget fra dig så giv det tilbage (2017), Gyldendal; Translated as When Death Takes Something From You Give It Back by Denise Newman (2019)
• OMINA (2016) co-authored by Mette Moestrup, Gyldendal – poetry
• Frit flet (2014), co-authored