Ursula Andkjær Olsen

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Ursula Andkjær Olsen

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Her 2005 collection ''Ægteskabet mellem vejen og udvejen'' attracted significant critical acclaim and became a turning point in her career. Then, 2008's ''Havet er en scene was'' nominated for the 2009 [[Nordic Council Literature Prize]].{{Cite web|title=Ursula Andkjær Olsen|url=https://www.norden.org/en/nominee/ursula-andkjaer-olsen|access-date=2021-03-03|website=Nordic Co-operation|language=en}}
Her 2005 collection ''Ægteskabet mellem vejen og udvejen'' attracted significant critical acclaim and became a turning point in her career. Then, 2008's ''Havet er en scene was'' nominated for the 2009 [[Nordic Council Literature Prize]].{{Cite web|title=Ursula Andkjær Olsen|url=https://www.norden.org/en/nominee/ursula-andkjaer-olsen|access-date=2021-03-03|website=Nordic Co-operation|language=en}}


Though she was not selected, the following year Olsen received the [[Otto Gelsted Prize]], and the year after she won the [[Holberg Medal]] for her overall body of work up to that point.{{Cite web|title=Det danske Akademi|url=http://www.litteraturpriser.dk/dkakad.htm|access-date=2021-03-03|website=Danske Litteraturpriser|language=Danish}}{{Cite web|title=Dansk Forfatterforening|url=http://www.litteraturpriser.dk/df.htm#Holberg|access-date=2021-03-03|website=Danske Litteraturpriser|language=Danish}} She later received the Montanaprisen Award in 2013 for ''Det 3. årtusindes hjerte'', described as a "[[Polyphony|polyphonic]] 214-page poem." She was subsequently given the [[Danish Critics Prize for Literature|Danish Critics' Prize for Literature]] in 2015 for ''Udgående Fartøj'', sometimes described as a sequel to or, in Olsen's words, "a dark twin" of ''Det 3. årtusindes hjerte.'' In 2017, the Danish Arts Foundation gave her its Award of Distinction. Most recently, Olsen's 2020 poetry collection ''Mit smykkeskrin'' was nominated in 2021 for the Nordic Council Literature Prize.
Though she was not selected, the following year Olsen received the [[Otto Gelsted Prize]], and the year after she won the [[Holberg Medal]] for her overall body of work up to that point.{{Cite web|title=Det danske Akademi|url=http://www.litteraturpriser.dk/dkakad.htm|access-date=2021-03-03|website=Danske Litteraturpriser|language=Danish}}{{Cite web|title=Dansk Forfatterforening|url=http://www.litteraturpriser.dk/df.htm#Holberg|access-date=2021-03-03|website=Danske Litteraturpriser|language=Danish}} She later received the Montanaprisen Award in 2013 for ''Det 3. årtusindes hjerte'', described as a "[[Polyphony|polyphonic]] 214-page poem." She was subsequently given the [[Danish Critics Prize for Literature|Danish Critics' Prize for Literature]] in 2015 for ''Udgående Fartøj'', sometimes described as a sequel to or, in Olsen's words, "a dark twin" of ''Det 3. årtusindes hjerte.'' In 2017, the Danish Arts Foundation gave her its Award of Distinction. Most recently, Olsen's 2020 poetry collection ''Mit smykkeskrin'' was nominated in 2021 for the Nordic Council Literature Prize.> In 2020, she received the [[Søren Gyldendal Prize]] for Fiction.{{Cite web |last=Jensen |first=Niels |title=Forlaget Gyldendal |url=https://www.litteraturpriser.dk/gyldal.htm#Soren-Gyldendal |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=Danske Litteraturpriser |language=da}}>


Her works ''Det 3. årtusindes hjerte,'' ''Udgående Fartøj'', and ''Mit smykkeskrin'' have been translated into English under the titles ''Third-Millennium Heart,'' ''Outgoing Vessel'', and ''My Jewel Box'', respectively, by [[Katrine Øgaard Jensen]].{{Cite web|last=Grimaldi-Donahue|first=Allison|date=September 2017|title=Solid but Yielding: Ursula Andkjær Olsen's "Third-Millennium Heart"|url=https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/book-review/solid-but-yielding-ursula-andkjaer-olsen-third-millenium-heart-katrine-ogaa|access-date=2021-03-03|website=Words Without Borders}}{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=My Jewel Box |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/books/reviews/157634/my-jewel-box |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=The Poetry Foundation}} ''Third-Millennium Heart'' won the 2018 [[National Translation Award]] for Poetry''.'' ''Outgoing Vessel'' was published in March 2021, followed by ''My Jewel Box'' in March 2022.{{Cite web|title=Ursula Andkjær Olsen, Outgoing Vessel|url=https://actionbooks.org/ursula-andkjaer-olsen-outgoing-vessel/|access-date=2021-03-03|website=Action Books|language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Schreiber |first=Joseph |date=2021-04-01 |title=I am the hard one: Outgoing Vessel by Ursula Andkjær Olsen |url=https://roughghosts.com/2021/03/31/i-am-the-hard-one-outgoing-vessel-by-ursula-andkjaer-olsen/ |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=Roughghosts |language=en}} A collaborative work of translation and mistranslation by Jensen, featuring Olsen's work alongside that of other poets, is due out in 2025 under the title ''Ancient Algorithms''.{{Cite web |last=Perrotta |first=Nina |date=2024-09-12 |title=Arachnoscientific Salvation by Katrine Øgaard Jensen |url=https://wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2024-09/arachnoscientific-salvation-katrine-ogaard-jensen/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Words Without Borders |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Katrine Øgaard Jensen |url=https://poets.org/poet/katrine-ogaard-jensen |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Academy of American Poets |language=en}}
Her works ''Det 3. årtusindes hjerte,'' ''Udgående Fartøj'', and ''Mit smykkeskrin'' have been translated into English under the titles ''Third-Millennium Heart,'' ''Outgoing Vessel'', and ''My Jewel Box'', respectively, by [[Katrine Øgaard Jensen]].{{Cite web|last=Grimaldi-Donahue|first=Allison|date=September 2017|title=Solid but Yielding: Ursula Andkjær Olsen's "Third-Millennium Heart"|url=https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/book-review/solid-but-yielding-ursula-andkjaer-olsen-third-millenium-heart-katrine-ogaa|access-date=2021-03-03|website=Words Without Borders}}{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=My Jewel Box |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/books/reviews/157634/my-jewel-box |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=The Poetry Foundation}} ''Third-Millennium Heart'' won the 2018 [[National Translation Award]] for Poetry''.'' ''Outgoing Vessel'' was published in March 2021, followed by ''My Jewel Box'' in March 2022.{{Cite web|title=Ursula Andkjær Olsen, Outgoing Vessel|url=https://actionbooks.org/ursula-andkjaer-olsen-outgoing-vessel/|access-date=2021-03-03|website=Action Books|language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Schreiber |first=Joseph |date=2021-04-01 |title=I am the hard one: Outgoing Vessel by Ursula Andkjær Olsen |url=https://roughghosts.com/2021/03/31/i-am-the-hard-one-outgoing-vessel-by-ursula-andkjaer-olsen/ |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=Roughghosts |language=en}} A collaborative work of translation and mistranslation by Jensen, featuring Olsen's work alongside that of other poets, is due out in 2025 under the title ''Ancient Algorithms''.{{Cite web |last=Perrotta |first=Nina |date=2024-09-12 |title=Arachnoscientific Salvation by Katrine Øgaard Jensen |url=https://wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2024-09/arachnoscientific-salvation-katrine-ogaard-jensen/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Words Without Borders |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Katrine Øgaard Jensen |url=https://poets.org/poet/katrine-ogaard-jensen |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Academy of American Poets |language=en}}
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