Cindy Kristin Haug | |
Birth Date: | 28 August 1956 |
Birth Place: | Hamar in Hedmark, Norway |
Occupation: | writer |
Awards: | Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment (1993) |
Cindy Kristin Haug (28 August 1956 – 23 August 2018) was a Norwegian experimental writer and children's writer.
Haug was born in Hamar on 28 August 1956.
She died on 23 August 2018.[1]
She wrote in many different genres and experimented through writing with a mix of styles. She made her literary debut in 1982, with Se deg ikke tilbake mot Europa og bli stein...O Eurydike. Launched as a novel, the book is a mixture of poetry and prose.
Among her books are Norwegian: Faen heller flirer fagert from 1983, Norwegian: Mitt liv, fiksjoner (1984), Norwegian: Skumlepper (1989), Norwegian: Gaupehjerte from 1993, Norwegian: Tiende bok from 1994, and Norwegian: Fjærtegn from 1997.[2] Literary historian Øystein Rottem characterised Haug's poetry as postmodern esthetics.
She was awarded Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment in 1993.[1] She died during 2018 and was interred in Hamar Cathedral.[1]