IDA JESSEN IS widely considered to be the master of psychological realism in contemporary Danish fiction. Having made her debut with the short-story collection Under Stone in 1989, Jessen’s breakthrough came with the Hvium trilogy: The One Who’s Lying (2001), The First Thing I Think Of (2006), and The Children (2009). The latter earned her the Booksellers Prize, The Golden Laurel and a nomination for the Nordic Council Literature Prize. Her short story collection, Postcard to Annie (2013) earned her another nomination for the Nordic Council Prize.
IN 2017 JESSEN was awarded the Critics’ Choice Award for The Anagrams of Doctor Bagge, a follow-up to her critically acclaimed novel A New Time. She also translates the works of Alice Munro and Marilynne Robinson, amongst others. Her latest novel The Promised Land has been adapted into a major motion picture starring Mads Mikkelsen, and was selected as the Danish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.
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