Niviaq Korneliussen

Niviaq Korneliussen
Niviaq Korneliussen
	Niviaq Korneliussen (2016)
Born	27 January 1990 (age 34); Nanortalik, Greenland
Language	Greenlandic, Danish

Niviaq Korneliussen (born 27 January 1990) is a Greenlandic author writing in Greenlandic and Danish. Her 2014 debut novel, HOMO sapienne was written and published in Greenlandic, as well as in a Danish translation by the author.

Biography

Korneliussen was born in Nanortalik, Greenland.^[1] She studied social sciences at the University of Greenland and then psychology at the University of Aarhus, but ended up dropping out of both programs as her writing career launched.^[2]

In 2012 she took part in the Allatta! writing project, which encourages young Greenlanders to write literature that reflects their lives. Korneliussen's short story, “San Francisco," was one of the 10 Allatta! works published in Greenlandic and Danish in the project's 2013 anthology.^[3]

Her 2014 debut novel Homo Sapienne focuses on the lives of five young adults in Nuuk. It was noted for both its use of modern storytelling techniques and for its portrayal of LGBTQ+ people in Greenlandic society.^[4] As a lesbian, Korneliussen said it was important for her to write about gay life in Greenland because she had never encountered anything about homosexuality in Greenlandic literature.^[5]

HOMO sapienne was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize and the Politiken Literature Award in 2015 and has subsequently been published in English, French,^[6] German, Swedish, Norwegian and Romanian.^[7]

She also published the book Flower Valley (Danish: Blomsterdalen). In 2021, Korneliussen won the Nordic Council Literature Prize for it. In 2022, Peter Olsen presented Korneliussen a cultural award for her writing.^[8]

Works

"San Francisco"
- published in Inuusuttut — nunatsinni nunarsiarmilu (2013). ISBN 9788792790187
- published in Ung i Grønland — ung i verden (2015). ISBN 9788792790439
HOMO sapienne (2014). ISBN 9788792790446
- translated into Danish by the author as HOMO sapienne (2014). ISBN 9788792790651
- translated into German by Giannina Spinty-Mossin and Katja Langmaier as Nuuk #ohne Filter (2016) ISBN 9783902902474
- translated into French by Inès Jorgensen as Homo sapienne (2018). ISBN 9782924519585
- translated into Swedish by Jonas Rasmussen as Homo Sapienne (2018). ISBN 9789173437523
- translated into Icelandic by Heiðrún Ólafsdóttir as HOMO sapína (2018). ISBN 9789935465924
- translated into English (Great Britain) by Anna Halager as Crimson (2018). ISBN 9780349010564
- translated into English (USA) by Anna Halager as Last night in Nuuk (2019). ISBN 9780802146748
- translated into Norwegian by Kim Leine as HOMO sapienne (2019). ISBN 9788202572457
- translated into Romanian by Simina Răchițeanu as HOMO sapienne (2020). ISBN 9789734732968
- translated into Polish by Agata Lubowicka as HOMO sapienne (2021). ISBN 9788395348563

References

^ "Korneliussen, Niviaq". Inuit Literatures ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᒍᓯᖏᑦ Littératures inuites. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
^ Kembrey, Melanie (26 April 2019). "Niviaq Korneliussen on growing up gay in Greenland and her breakout book". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
^ "Allatta! — Let us write!". NAPA/Nordens Institut i Grønland. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
^ Gee, Alastair (31 January 2019). "The Young Queer Writer Who Became Greenland's Unlikely Literary Star". The New Yorker. New York City, New York. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
^ Scherrebeck, Emil Eggert (15 November 2014). "'Danmark har lært mig mere end at lave brun sovs'" ["Denmark has taught me more than making brown sauce"]. Dagbladet Information (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
^ "Homo Sapienne". Inuit Literatures ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᒍᓯᖏᑦ Littératures inuites. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
^ "HOMO sapienne". Milik Publishing. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
^ Veirum, Thomas Munk (21 June 2022). "Korneliussen og Kreutzmann får kulturpriser". Sermitsiaq.AG (in Danish). Retrieved 28 June 2022.

[1] "Korneliussen, Niviaq". Inuit Literatures ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᒍᓯᖏᑦ Littératures inuites. Retrieved 3 June 2021.

[2] Kembrey, Melanie (26 April 2019). "Niviaq Korneliussen on growing up gay in Greenland and her breakout book". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Retrieved 7 April 2020.

[3] "Allatta! — Let us write!". NAPA/Nordens Institut i Grønland. Retrieved 7 April 2020.

[Gee2019-4] Gee, Alastair (31 January 2019). "The Young Queer Writer Who Became Greenland's Unlikely Literary Star". The New Yorker. New York City, New York. Retrieved 7 April 2020.

[5] Scherrebeck, Emil Eggert (15 November 2014). "'Danmark har lært mig mere end at lave brun sovs'" ["Denmark has taught me more than making brown sauce"]. Dagbladet Information (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark. Retrieved 7 April 2020.

[6] "Homo Sapienne". Inuit Literatures ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᒍᓯᖏᑦ Littératures inuites. Retrieved 3 June 2021.

[7] "HOMO sapienne". Milik Publishing. Retrieved 7 April 2020.

[8] Veirum, Thomas Munk (21 June 2022). "Korneliussen og Kreutzmann får kulturpriser". Sermitsiaq.AG (in Danish). Retrieved 28 June 2022.

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v t e Nordic Council Literature Prize winners
1960s	1962: The Days of His Grace – Eyvind Johnson 1963: Under the North Star 3: Reconciliation – Väinö Linna 1964: The Ice Palace – Tarjei Vesaas 1965: From Hell to Paradise – Olof Lagercrantz and The Good Hope – William Heinesen 1966: Diwan on the Prince of Emgion – Gunnar Ekelöf 1967: Nye noveller – Johan Borgen 1968: Flight of the Eagle – Per Olof Sundman 1969: The Legionnaires – Per Olov Enquist
1970s	1970: Anna, I, Anna – Klaus Rifbjerg 1971: Coast of Slaves, Ships of Slaves & Islands of Slaves – Thorkild Hansen 1972: Sju ord på tunnelbanan – Karl Vennberg 1973: Kersantin poika – Veijo Meri 1974: Uden mål – og med – Villy Sørensen 1975: Siinä näkijä missä tekijä – Hannu Salama 1976: Að laufferjum & Að brunnum – Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson 1977: I de mörka rummen, i de ljusa – Bo Carpelan 1978: Dalen Portland – Kjartan Fløgstad 1979: Pubertet – Ivar Lo-Johansson
1980s	1980: Vredens barn – Sara Lidman 1981: Hauströkkrið yfir mér – Snorri Hjartarson 1982: Samuels bok – Sven Delblanc 1983: Om fjorten dage – Peter Seeberg 1984: The Christmas Oratorio – Göran Tunström 1985: A Day in Ostrobothnia – Antti Tuuri 1986: Líkasum – Rói Patursson 1987: Hudløs himmel – Herbjørg Wassmo 1988: Justice Undone – Thor Vilhjálmsson 1989: Roman 1987 – Dag Solstad
1990s	1990: For the Living and the Dead – Tomas Tranströmer 1991: The Sun, My Father – Nils-Aslak Valkeapää 1992: Night Watch – Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir 1993: Byen og verden – Peer Hultberg 1994: Blackwater – Kerstin Ekman 1995: Angels of the Universe – Einar Már Guðmundsson 1996: Hva skal vi gjøre i dag og andre noveller – Øystein Lønn 1997: Bang. En roman om Herman Bang – Dorrit Willumsen 1998: After Having Spent a Night Among Horses – Tua Forsström 1999: Queen's Gate – Pia Tafdrup
2000s	2000: Drømmebroer – Henrik Nordbrandt 2001: The Discoverer – Jan Kjærstad 2002: The Half Brother – Lars Saabye Christensen 2003: Revbensstäderna – Eva Ström 2004: Juoksuhaudantie – Kari Hotakainen 2005: The Blue Fox – Sjón 2006: The Ocean – Göran Sonnevi 2007: Drömfakulteten – Sara Stridsberg 2008: Baboon – Naja Marie Aidt 2009: I Curse the River of Time – Per Petterson
2010s	2010: Purge – Sofi Oksanen 2011: Between the Trees – Gyrðir Elíasson 2012: Days in the History of Silence – Merethe Lindstrøm 2013: The Prophets of Eternal Fjord – Kim Leine 2014: Mirage 38 – Kjell Westö 2015: Wakefulness, Olav's Dreams & Weariness – Jon Fosse 2016: Songs and Formulae – Katarina Frostenson 2017: Memories of Love – Kirsten Thorup 2018: Hotel Silence – Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir 2019: Efter Solen – Jonas Eika
2020s	2020: Who killed Bambi? – Monika Fagerholm 2021: Flower Valley – Niviaq Korneliussen 2022: Om udregning af rumfang – Solvej Balle 2023: Ihågkom oss till liv – Joanna Rubin Dranger
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