Naja Marie Aidt

{{short description|Danish-language poet and writer (born 1963)}}

File:Naja Marie Aidt - vinnare av Nordiska radets litteraturpris ar 2008. Vid prisutdelningen i Helsingfors 2008-10-72.jpg in 2008]]

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.{{cite web|url=https://forfatterweb.dk/oversigt/aidt-naja-marie/zaidt02|publisher=Forfatterweb|title=Baggrund|access-date=11 April 2025|language=da}} 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 3-year bursary.

Aidt won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2009 for her short stories collection. Bavian (Baboon, 2006),{{Cite web|date=2008-02-29|title=Naja Marie Aidt får Nordisk Råds Litteraturpris|url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/naja-marie-aidt-faar-nordisk-raads-litteraturpris|access-date=2021-10-13|website=DR|language=da}} Bavian also earned her the Danish Kritikerprisen for 2007.{{Cite web|title=Kritikerprisen|url=http://www.litteraturpriser.dk/kritiker.htm|access-date=2021-10-13|website=litteraturpriser.dk}}

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 by Mette Moestrup and Line Knutzon, Gyldendal
Sten saks papir (2012), Gyldendal – novel; Translated as Rock, Paper, Scissors by K. E. Semmell (2015)
Alting Blinker (2009), Gyldendal – poetry
Poesibog (2008), Gyldendal – poetry collection
Bavian (2006), Gyldendal – short stories; Translated as Baboon by Denise Newman (2014)
Balladen om Bianca (2002), Gyldendal
Siska (2000), Cafe Teatret – drama
Rejse for en fremmed, digte (1999), Gyldendal – poetry
Tjenende ånder (1998), Radio-Teatret – radio play
Blæs på Odysseus (1998), Thorvaldsens Museum – songs for choir
Fra digterens hånd (1996), Borgens Forlag – poetry
Omstændigheder (1995), Gyldendal – short stories
Huset overfor (1995), Gyldendal – poetry
Tilgang (1995), Gyldendal – short stories
Det tredje landskab (1994), Gyldendal – poetry
Vandmærket (1993), Gyldendal – short stories
Som englene flyver (1993) Gyldendal – short stories
Den blomstrende have (1993), Gyldendal – short stories
Et vanskeligt møde (1992), Gyldendal – poetry
Så længe jeg er ung (1991), Gyldendal – poetry

Prizes and grants

Aidt has received several grants from Statens Kunstfond; other prizes include:

1993: Gyldendal's Book prize (Gyldendals boglegat) (25,000 DKK to buy books for)
1996: Martin Andersen Nexø Prize.
1996: Herman Bangs Mindelegat.
2004: Beatrice Prize{{Cite web|title=Beatrice Prize|url=http://www.danskeakademi.dk/priser/vispriser.asp?id=26|access-date=2021-10-13|website=danskeakademi.dk|language=da}}
2007: Kritikerprisen (Danish Critics Prize for Literature)
2008: Nordic Council's Literature Prize
2011: Søren Gyldendal Prize{{Cite web|title=Forlaget Gyldendal|url=http://www.litteraturpriser.dk/gyldal.htm#Soren-Gyldendal|access-date=2021-10-13|website=litteraturpriser.dk|language=da}}
2020: Grand Prize of the Danish Academy{{Cite web |title=Priser |url=http://www.danskeakademi.dk/priser/vispriser.asp?id=21 |access-date=2021-09-11 |website=Det Danske Akademi}}
2022: Swedish Academy Nordic Prize{{Cite web |title=Högtidssammankomst 2022 |url=https://www.svenskaakademien.se/akademien/sammankomster/hogtidssammankomsten/hogtidssammankomst-2022 |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=svenskakademien.se}}