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Name
  
Ib Michael

Role
  
Novelist


Movies
  
Klown

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Books
  
Vanillepigen, Brev til manen, Kilroy Kilroy, Kejserens Atlas

Nominations
  
Nordic Council's Literature Prize


Education
  
University of Copenhagen


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Ib Michael (born 1945 in Roskilde, Denmark) is a Danish novelist and poet. His writing style has been described as magic realism.

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He attended the University of Copenhagen, where he studied Central American and Indian Language and Culture. Michael is the author of the works "Kejserfortællingen" (The Tiger's Tale), "Kilroy, Kilroy", "Vanillepigen" (The Vanilla Girl), "Den tolvte rytter" (The Midnight Soldier), "Brev til månen" (Letter to the Moon), and "Prins" (Prince). He has won numerous awards, including the Otto Gelsted Prize in 1978, The Booksellers Club Golden Laurel in 1990, The Danish Author Association Peace Prize in 1991, and the Grand Prize of the Danish Academy in 1994.

Honour

  • 1970, 1974, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1989 Statens Kunstfond, Travel grant
  • 1978 Otto Gelsted Prize
  • 1979 Gyldendals boglegat
  • 1985 Otto Benzons Forfatterlegat
  • 1985 Jeanne og Henri Nathansens Fødselsdagslegat
  • 1987 Henrik Pontoppidans Mindefonds Legat
  • 1989 Literature Prize of Weekendavisen
  • 1990 De Gyldne Laurbær
  • 1991 Drassows Legat
  • 1991 Danish Critics Prize for Literature
  • 1993 Søren Gyldendal Prize
  • 1994 Grand Prize of the Danish Academy
  • 1995 Bog & Idé Prisen
  • 2010: Ridderkorset af Dannebrogordenen (Order of the Dannebrog, 16 April)

    • References

    Ib Michael Wikipedia
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