Mirjam Kristensen
{{Short description | Norwegian writer}}
{{Use dmy dates | date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Mirjam Kristensen
| image = 180px
| caption = Kristensen at a World Book Day event in 2010
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|05|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = Farsund, Norway
| nationality = Norwegian
| occupation = Novelist
| genre = Fiction, Non-fiction
| period = 2000–present
| spouse =
| children =
| awards = Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris (2000)
Amalie Skram Prize (2010)
}}
Mirjam Kristensen (born 17 May 1978) is a Norwegian novelist and non-fiction writer. Her awards include the Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris and the Amalie Skram Prize.
Career
Born in Lyngdal on 17 May 1978, Kristensen made her literary début in 2000 with the novel Dagene er gjennomsiktige, for which she was awarded the Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris |first=Vidar |last=Iversen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Brodal | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Tarjei_Vesaas’_debutantpris |language=no |access-date=21 March 2025}} In 2001 she published the novel De som er ute i regnværet. She published the documentary Etter freden in 2009.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Mirjam Kristensen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Mirjam_Kristensen |language=Norwegian | accessdate=20 September 2010 }}
She was awarded the Amalie Skram Prize in 2010.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Amalie Skram-prisen |first=Vidar |last=Iversen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Brodal | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Amalie_Skram-prisen |language=no|access-date=21 March 2025}}
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