Bjørg Vik (11 September 1935 – 7 January 2018) was a Norwegian novelist, short story writer,playwright, and journalist.^[1]

Bjørg Turid Vik was born inOslo, Norway. Her parents were Sverre Thorbjørn Johansen (1903–1958) and Anna Sofie Marcussen (1902–1987). She grew up in the neighborhood ofSt. Hanshaugen in Oslo. She completed herexamen artium at Hegdehaugen School in 1954 and attended the Journalist Academy inOslo from 1955 to 1956.^[2]

From 1956 to 1960, she was a journalist for the newspaperPorsgrunns Dagblad. She made her literary debut in 1963 with the short story collectionSøndag ettermiddag. Further collections from the 1960s areNødrop fra en myk sofa (1966) andDet grådige hjerte (1968). She also wrote five novels. Between 1988 and 1994 she published the semi-autobiographical Elsi Lund trilogy of novels about adolescence and maturity in postwar Oslo. The trilogy consists ofSmå nøkler store rom (1988),Poplene på St. Hanshaugen (1991), andElsi Lund (1994). Vik also published a series of plays and children's books. Her works have been translated into approximately 30 languages.^[3][4]

In 1957, she married the architect Hans Jørgen Vik (1927–1995). She was a co-founder of the feminist magazineSirene (1973–1983).^[5]

Bjørg Vik was awarded theRiksmål Society Literature Prize in 1972, theAschehoug Prize in 1974, and theNorwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1979 for the short story collectionEn håndfull lengsel. She received theDobloug Prize in 1987 and theIbsen Prize in 1991.She received theCappelen Prize in 1982, which she shared withJahn Otto Johansen, who died six days before her own death.^[6][7][8] She was awarded theAmalie Skram Prize in 1996.^[9]

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