Dorthe Nors is one of the most original voices of contemporary Danish letters. She has written two celebrated short story collections, Karate Chop and Wild Swims, as well as one novella and five novels, including the most recent novel: Mirror, Shoulder, Signal (2016), which was a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize 2017.

Photo by Petra Kleis

Nors’s short stories have appeared in countless publications, including Harper’s Magazine, Boston Review,  AGNI, and Guernica. She is the first Danish writer to ever have a story published in The New Yorker.

Dorthe Nors is one of the new authors, who has eternity on her side.
WEEKENDAVISEN (DENMARK)

In 2011, she was awarded the Danish Arts Agency’s Three Year Grant for “her unusual and extraordinary talent.” In 2014, her story collection Karate Chop won the prestigious P.O. Enquist Literary Prize.

Her latest novel, Mirror, Shoulder, Signal, was published to rave reviews in 2016. The book was a finalist for the International Booker Prize 2017. It was followed by the short story collection Wild Swims in 2018.

Nors’s first collection of essays, North Sea, was published in Denmark by Gads Forlag in May 2021.

Dorthe Nors knows how to capture the smallest moments and sculpt them into the unforgettable.
OPRAH (USA)

Dorthe Nors was born in 1970 in Herning, Denmark and currently lives in Jutland. Nors holds a degree in literature and art history from the University of Aarhus. In addition to her two celebrated short story collections, Karate Chop (Kantslag, 2008) and Wild Swims (Kort over Canada, 2018), she has published one novella and five novels, including the most recent: Mirror, Shoulder, Signal (Spejl, skulder, blink, 2016).

Nors’s short stories have appeared in countless publications, including Harper’s Magazine, Boston Review, AGNI, and Guernica.She is the first Danish writer to ever have a story published in The New Yorker.

In 2011, she was awarded the Danish Arts Agency’s Three Year Grant for “her unusual and extraordinary talent.” In 2014, her story collection Karate Chop won the prestigious P.O. Enquist Literary Prize.

Her latest novel, Mirror, Shoulder, Signal, was published to rave reviews in 2016. The book was a finalist for the International Booker Prize 2017. It was followed by the short story collection Wild Swims in 2018.

Nors’s first collection of essays, North Sea, was published in Denmark by Gads Forlag in May 2021.

Dorthe Nors is truly a name to remember and I eagerly await the chance to acquaint myself with an authorship that is sure to count among the few that are truly urgent and lasting.
Norrköpings Tidningar (Sweden)
  1. Karate Chop 2008
  2. Minna Needs Rehearsal Space 2013
  3. Mirror, Shoulder, Signal 2016
  4. So Much for That Winter 2016
  5. Wild Swims 2018
  6. North Sea 2021

  • Photo by Kirsten Klein

  • Photo by Kirsten Klein

  • Photo by Kirsten Klein

  • Photo by Astrid Dalum

  • Photo by Astrid Dalum

  • Photo by Agnete Schlichtkrull

  • Photo by Agnete Schlichtkrull

  • Photo by Agnete Schlichtkrull

  • Photo by Agnete Schlichtkrull

  • Photo by Petra Kleis

  • Photo by Petra Kleis

  • Photo by Petra Kleis

  • Photo by Petra Kleis

  • Photo by Petra Kleis

  • Photo by Petra Kleis

  • Photo by Petra Kleis

  • Photo by Petra Kleis

  • Photo by Petra Kleis

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