Liv Køltzow

Liv Køltzow ( born January 14, 1945 in Oslo) is a Norwegian writer and is considered an important Norwegian feminist author of the 1970s.

Life and work

Liv Køltzow studied the history of ideas, history and English and published in the literary and cultural magazine profile that brought modern experimental texts among others. In their first stories Oyet i treet ( The Eye in the Tree, 1970) she tries to "merge modernist narrative process with a gender issue " a.

Køltzow is influenced by the French nouveau roman; their texts have an expressive style, but are sometimes more handlungsarm. In her 1975 novel, histories om Eli, whose German edition The story of a girl Eli reached several editions in a total amount of 74,000 copies, the author describes, without judging, a process of emancipation: the liberation of Elis from bourgeois narrowness of her family and marriage.

"You stylistic refinement is characterized by a suggestive musical prose in which the narrated monologue is a popular stylistic device. The narrative pace adapts to slow changes of the figures on what has wrongly entered the texts reputation for being boring. "

Your 1992's biography of the Norwegian- Danish women's rights activist and writer Amalie Skram Amalie Skram the un. Et portrett fra det nittende århundre ( The young Amalie Skram. A portrait of the nineteenth century) found multiple attention.

2002 Køltzow diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Shortly before she had her novel Det avbrutte forms ( Broken Image, 2002) completed in a rough draft.

As one of the 25 best novels of the past 25 years Verden forsvinner ( The world disappears, 1997) included in the literary canon of Norway, the daily newspaper Dagbladet had compiled in 2006. The novel takes place in Oslo of 1989. Køltzow describes it the marriage and career crisis, a doctor who wanted to be a writer.

Køltzow 1971-1973 was a board member of the Norwegian writer center and from 1982 to 1986 a member of the Norwegian Writers' Association. She received some scholarships and awards, including the 1997 Brage Prize; In 1994 she became the first winner of Amalie Skram Prize. In 1988, she was for her novel Hvem har ditt ansikt ( German edition 1989: Who has your face? ) Nominated for the Literature Prize of the Nordic Council.

Liv Køltzow is married in second marriage with the author Kjell Heggelund.

Publications

Norwegian original editions

German -language editions

• The story of a girl Eli. German by Ulrich and Ursel Bracher. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1979, ISBN 3-499-14323-2
• Run, man! Novel. German by Astrid Arz. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1981, ISBN 3-499-14879- X
• Who has your face? Novel. German by Astrid Arz. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1989, ISBN 3-499-12486-6