Cecilie Løveid

Norwegian novelist, poet, playwright, and writer

Cecilie Løveid

Born	(1951-08-21) 21 August 1951 (age 72) Mysen, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation(s)	Novelist Poet Playwright Children's writer
Awards	Gyldendal's Endowment Prix Italia Aschehoug Prize Dobloug Prize Ibsen Prize

Cecilie Løveid (born 21 August 1951) is a Norwegian novelist, poet, playwright, and writer of children's books.

Personal life

Løveid was born in Mysen to ship's captain Erik Løveid and actress Ingrid Cecilie Meyer. She had a cohabiting relationship with musician Bjørn Ianke.^[1]

Career

Løveid made her literary debut in 1972, with the novel Most.^[2] She received the Gyldendal Prize in 2001.^[3]^[4] Løveid's first play was the one-act Tingene, tingene, published in the literary magazine Vinduet in 1976.^[5] In total she has written about thirty plays, librettos or other texts for radio or stage performance.

In 2013 the poem "Punishment" (Straff) was printed in Aftenposten, as "This Week's Poem", on 8 April. In an interview with the newspaper she said that the poem is about Breivik, and that she has no opinion about the verdict of his trial—because that is outside the scope of the poem.^[6] The poem starts with "I am glad that he got the punishment that he got. As [it is] known, he will be led by the hand, from grave to grave." It ends with "Therefore, and even if he does all of this, it will be calm/quiet."

Awards

Gyldendal's Endowment 1979 (shared with Wera Sæther)
Prix Italia 1982
Aschehoug Prize 1984
Dobloug Prize 1990 (Shared with Johannes Heggland)
Ibsen Prize 1999
Gyldendal Prize 2001
Brage Prize, open class 2017

References

^ Øverland, Janneken. "Cecilie Løveid". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
^ "Cecilie Løveid". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
^ "Prisvinnere" (in Norwegian). Gyldendal. Archived from the original on 1 September 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
^ "Stor-pris til Cecilie Løveid" (in Norwegian). NRK. January 2002. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
^ "To fornyere av nordisk dramatikk – Cecilie Løveids og Katarina Frostensons kroppslige, poetiske drama" (in Norwegian). UIO. Archived from the original on 21 August 2007. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
^ Nærø, Sturle Scholz (8 April 2013). "En alternativ straffeutmåling". Aftenposten. p. 8 Kultur.

External links

Author's homepage

Awards
Preceded by Olav Nordrå and Arne Ruste	Recipient of the Gyldendal's Endowment 1979 (shared with Wera Sæther)	Succeeded by Tormod Haugen and Marta Schumann
Preceded by Gudny Ingebjørg Hagen Malgorzata Piotrowska	Recipient of the Brage Prize, open class 2017	Succeeded by Anja Røyne