Ingrid Storholmen Explained

Ingrid Storholmen
Birth Date:22 May 1976
Birth Place:Verdal, Norway
Nationality:Norwegian
Occupation:Poet, novelist and literary critic

Ingrid Storholmen (born 22 May 1976 in Verdal, Norway) is a Norwegian poet, novelist and literary critic.

Life and work

Storholmen made her literary debut in 2001 with the poetry collection Krypskyttarloven. Among her other collections are Siriboka from 2007, and Tsjernobylfortellinger (Voices from Chernobyl) from 2009.[1] She was awarded Sultprisen in 2010,[2] and the Ole Vig-prisen in 2011.[3]

Reception

Tore Stavlund, writing on Poetry International, observes that "There is a gravity to Storholmen's poetry. From 2000 onwards, across four publications of poetry and one book of prose, she has developed a poetic language and a set of motifs which shirk neither human tragedy, nor the individual’s search for belonging, whether it be through love or family relationships."[4] Voices from Chernobyl consists of several fictionalized accounts told by Chernobyl survivors, based on interviews Storholmen conducted with real victims.[5] Critics noted how the book's lack of internal continuity reflects the chaos in the wake of the Chernobyl disaster. Storholmen hoped her book would remind people to remember disasters such as Chernobyl and Bhopal and to be wary of dangerous technology.[5] [6]

Bibliography

Poetry collections
Novels

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Jha . Aditya Man i. It is convenient for people to forget about Chernobyl . The Sunday Guardian . 22 February 2014.
  2. Encyclopedia: Ingrid Storholmen . . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . Norwegian . 27 February 2011 .
  3. Web site: Ole Vig-prisen 2011 . 2014-10-25 . https://archive.today/20130703150158/http://stjordalsnytt.no/stjordal/sentrum/1039-ole-vig-prisen-2011 . 2013-07-03 . dead .
  4. Web site: Stavlund. Tore. Sharp. Cameron (trans.). Norway: Ingrid Storholmen. Poetry International Rotterdam. 25 October 2014.
  5. Web site: Sujit. Voices from Chernobyl. The Boston Coffee House Magazine. March 2014. 25 October 2014 .
  6. Web site: Mukunth. Vasudevan. A Litany of Horror. The Hindu. 6 April 2013. 25 October 2014 .