Vita Andersen

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| birth_date = {{Birth date |1942|10|29|df=y}}

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| nationality = Danish

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| occupation = Poet, novelist, playwright and children's writer

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| spouse = Mogens Camre

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| father = Aage Neutzsky-Wulff

| relatives = Erwin Neutzsky-Wulff (half brother)

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De Gyldne Laurbær (1979)
Danish Critics Prize for Literature (1987)
Søren Gyldendal Prize (1991) }}

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Vita Andersen (29 October 1942 – 20 July 2021) was a Danish poet, novelist, playwright and children's writer.

Career

Andersen made her literary debut in 1977 with the poetry collection {{ill|Tryghedsnarkomaner|da}},{{cite encyclopedia|title=Vita Andersen |encyclopedia=Den Store Danske Encyklopædi |first=May |last=Schack |url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Vita_Andersen |language=da |access-date=20 July 2021}} which is among the most sold poetry collections in Denmark.{{cite web |url=https://litteratursiden.dk/analyser/andersen-vita-tryghedsnarkomaner |website=litteratursiden.dk |title=Andersen, Vita - Tryghedsnarkomaner |language=da |accessdate=20 July 2021}}

Further publications include the short story collection Hold kæft og vær smuk (1978), the plays Elsk mig (1980) and Kannibalerne (1982), the novel Hva'for en hånd vil du ha (1987), and the children's books Petruskas laksko (1989) and Coco (1997).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Vita Andersen |first1=Henrik |last1=Torjusen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Vita_Andersen |language=no |access-date=20 July 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.kvinfo.dk/side/170/bio/1051/query/vita%20andersen/ |website=kvinfo.dk |title=Vita Andersen (1942 - ) |first=Anne Birgitte |last=Richard |language=da |access-date=20 July 2021}}

She was awarded De Gyldne Laurbær in 1979, the Danish Critics Prize for Literature in 1987, and

the Søren Gyldendal Prize in 1991. Her novel Indigo from 2017 was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize.