Kim Småge
Encyclopedia
Kim Småge is a Norwegian novelist, crime writer, writer of short stories, and children's writer. The name is a pseudonym
for Anne Karin Thorhus.
Her literary breakthrough came in 1983 with the crime thriller Nattdykk (Night diving), a book which earned her the Riverton Prize
. Her novels have not been published in English yet.
, by parents Rune Sanfrid Thorhus and Hjørdis Wedø. She is married to playwright Edvard Normann Rønning. She is cand.mag.
from the University of Trondheim. She was the first female scuba diving
instructor of the Norwegian Diving Federation (Norwegian: Norsk Dykkerforbund).
. She followed up with the thrillers Kainan (1986) and Lex Love (1991). She also wrote two youth's novels, Kainan in 1986, and Interrail in 1988. Kvinnens lange arm (1992) is a collection of crime short stories
. The crime novels Sub Rosa (1993), En kjernesunn død (1995), Containerkvinnen (1997), Solefall (2002) and Dobbeltmann (2004) all feature the police detective Anne-kin Halvorsen as main character.
With her novel Nattdykk Småge was the first woman in what has been called "a new female wave in Norwegian
crime fiction
".
Småge was board member of the Norwegian Authors' Union
from 1987 to 1991, and again from 2002 to 2004. She served as president of the society Skandinaviske Kriminelle Selskap in 2001.
She was awarded the Riverton Prize
in 1984, and the Glass Key award
(for best Scandinavian crime novel) for Sub Rosa in 1993. She has received the Palle Rosenkrantz Prize for best novel translated into Danish
(for En kernesund død).
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
for Anne Karin Thorhus.
Her literary breakthrough came in 1983 with the crime thriller Nattdykk (Night diving), a book which earned her the Riverton Prize
Riverton Prize
The Riverton Prize is a literature award given annually to the best Norwegian crime story .- Winners :...
. Her novels have not been published in English yet.
Background
Anne Karin Thorhus was born in TrondheimTrondheim
Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...
, by parents Rune Sanfrid Thorhus and Hjørdis Wedø. She is married to playwright Edvard Normann Rønning. She is cand.mag.
Cand.mag.
Candidatus magisterii , Candidata magisterii , i.e. Latin Candidate of Arts, abbreviated cand.mag., is an academic degree used in Denmark, and formerly in Norway and Iceland, roughly corresponding to an American Master of Arts and officially translated as such...
from the University of Trondheim. She was the first female scuba diving
Scuba diving
Scuba diving is a form of underwater diving in which a diver uses a scuba set to breathe underwater....
instructor of the Norwegian Diving Federation (Norwegian: Norsk Dykkerforbund).
Literary career
Kim Småge's first two crime novels, Nattdykk (1983) and Origo (1984) feature Anne-kin Halvorsen, a female diver, as the main characterProtagonist
A protagonist is the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to most identify...
. She followed up with the thrillers Kainan (1986) and Lex Love (1991). She also wrote two youth's novels, Kainan in 1986, and Interrail in 1988. Kvinnens lange arm (1992) is a collection of crime short stories
Short story
A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...
. The crime novels Sub Rosa (1993), En kjernesunn død (1995), Containerkvinnen (1997), Solefall (2002) and Dobbeltmann (2004) all feature the police detective Anne-kin Halvorsen as main character.
With her novel Nattdykk Småge was the first woman in what has been called "a new female wave in Norwegian
Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...
crime fiction
Crime fiction
Crime fiction is the literary genre that fictionalizes crimes, their detection, criminals and their motives. It is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction and other genres such as science fiction or historical fiction, but boundaries can be, and indeed are, blurred...
".
Småge was board member of the Norwegian Authors' Union
Norwegian Authors' Union
The Norwegian Authors' Union is an association of Norwegian authors. It was established in 1893 to promote Norwegian literature and protect Norwegian authors' professional and economic interests. DnF also works in solidarity with persecuted writers internationally.As of 2004 the association had...
from 1987 to 1991, and again from 2002 to 2004. She served as president of the society Skandinaviske Kriminelle Selskap in 2001.
She was awarded the Riverton Prize
Riverton Prize
The Riverton Prize is a literature award given annually to the best Norwegian crime story .- Winners :...
in 1984, and the Glass Key award
Glass key award
The Glass Key award is a literature award given annually to a crime novel by an author from the Nordic countries.The award, named after the novel The Glass Key by American crime writer Dashiell Hammett, is a real glass key given every year by the members of the Crime Writers of Scandinavia to a...
(for best Scandinavian crime novel) for Sub Rosa in 1993. She has received the Palle Rosenkrantz Prize for best novel translated into Danish
Danish language
Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
(for En kernesund død).