There were many who appreciated the story “Store gut min” and guessed the correct author in the third round of the Author hunt. But there were also many who were wrong. Many thought it had to be Agnes Ravatn, as she supposedly keeps sheep. She also writes in Nynorsk, although she tried to confuse it with Bokmål in last year’s Forfatterjakt. But it wasn’t right. There were none of these either: Good suggestions, but wrong author Agnes Ravatn: “Because it resembles her style, she participates in discussions about the church (the cross), and has wild sheep outside her home (the sheep). Plus the name Ravatn (woman lying in a water)” Are Kalvø: “1) he writes in Nynorsk. 2) The Bible 3) the sheep may hint at Kalvø’s hometown, Stranda (Fenalår) » Carl Frode Tiller: «Recognize the spelling. Reminiscent of the quarrel between people in Innsirkling, as well as the fact that the main characters in his latest novel, “Flukt”, are a couple who have lost their son.” Frode Grytten: “I think it is Frode Grytten who wrote this text because he writes in such a way that the text flows and he creates vivid images of the situations and people he writes about.” Helga Flatland: “She writes a lot about family relationships. The camouflage colors and the cross allude to the three boy soldiers in the be if you can trilogy. A sofa is depicted on the cover of A modern family. The relationship between mother and teenage daughter is also described in Et liv forbi. She also partially writes in Nynorsk.” “Jon Fosse is associated with sheep, is a Christian (the cross around the sheep’s neck), and writes theater and novels, among other things. He is from Bergen, and is therefore not afraid of getting rained on? The sofa in the novella gave me associations with the play “the girl in the sofa”” Linnea Myhre: “Because she is young, she writes Nynorsk and the theme of the novella. The camouflage pattern in the illustration refers to the TV series “kompani Lauritsen” in which she participated. » Marit Eikemo: “The rhythm of the text, the theme, the protagonist’s exaggerated actions (literally!), unsentimental about a terrible trauma. Holds a button on Eikemo!” Ragnar Hovland: “You can’t be afraid of rain in Bergen. The writing style and theme are very typical, he often uses everyday things and events to describe deeper themes.” Tore Renberg: “Because the dialogue and descriptions are very “Renbergian” and hinted that the author is not afraid to speak up. After all, Renberg spoke out after Bernhard Ellefsen’s review of Pixley Mapogo in 2014″ “Wonderful short story, I hope there will be more.” Those who guessed correctly, on the other hand, came up with the following excuse: “I immediately thought of her when I read the good and bad text…” “…writes easily and almost wittily about difficult topics, like here” “Lovely short story, I hope it comes out several”. » Author Olaug Nilssen has won the Brage prize, the P2 listeners’ novel prize and the Fritt ord prize. She is also not afraid of getting rained on. The hint about the sheep plays on Western Norway and the Bible. Photo: Bent René Synnevåg / © Bent Renè Synnevåg It warms the protagonist himself, who we can now reveal is author Olaug Nilssen. She thought it was fun to read the feedback. – It means that I have readers who like what I do. So I was actually really happy about that, says Nilssen, adding that she was encouraged and inspired. Nilssen had not included special hints in the text, but some may have sneaked in unconsciously nonetheless. – I saw that someone pointed out that I had written “for the hell” (reference to the book “Get me on, for the hell”, journ.anm.). I didn’t think of that as a hint at all. The main character in the story may indeed resemble one of Nilssen’s earlier characters. – There was someone who wrote that the main character reminded one of the characters in “Give according to ability, get according to need”, and I think so too. That there is an angry and slightly sick lady who behaves in a certain way. Shouting that there is more to come – Many have replied that they think it is you because you bring up difficult topics and write about being relatives. – I just think that it is my topic, and that I don’t think about it much other than that it is what I write about. I don’t think I sat down and thought that now I’m going to write about a woman who is a relative. Nilssen reveals that there may be more of this mother character in the future. – When I wrote for you, I wrote about something that I am doing. I haven’t gotten that far, but you shouldn’t be too surprised if there’s more of a variant of that chick. – So you are working on new things? – Yes. It’s dangerous to say it out loud, but yes, I am. No need to elaborate on it any more, I think. It is probably quite far in the future. But the fact that it’s inspiring to get this kind of feedback is because I’m working with that lady there. – Where did the idea for this story come from? – I’ve sat and fiddled with a theme, and then I can’t get it right, I can say. Then I used some things I’ve been doing and rewrote it, simply. But here it was a short story that was supposed to have a rounding off, and I added the fact that the lady has a dead son for the occasion. I’m probably more interested in, in what I work with, the relationship the woman has with her daughter. So how it might develop is something I don’t quite know yet, or have fully reached the goal of, or really started on, but yes. Huff, now I notice that I’m on the slippery slope, I don’t quite know how interesting this is for you to write in the interview. We agree to leave this alone, and instead ask in conclusion what it is like to write a short for a novelist. – No, I don’t think it’s that easy to write so briefly, I don’t think so. I would rather write a novel than a short story. There is always much more to say, always. And speaking of more, can you guess who wrote the story we link to below? Join the competition where one lucky winner will walk away with a Kindle e-reader. This week’s winner was R. Bakke.
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