Merethe Lindstrøm

Merethe Lindstrøm (born 26 May 1963) is a Norwegian writer.

Lindstrøm made her literary debut in 1983 with a collection of short stories. Her first novel, The Realm of the Rain Children, was published in 1992. In 1996, she published her novel, The Stone Collectors. The 2007 collection of short stories, The Guests, was nominated for the Nordic Council's Literary Prize and the Norwegian Critics' Award. Her next book, Days in the History of Silence (2011), won both of these aforementioned awards.

Lindstrøm examines the conditions, doubts, and also the silence that exists between people who are close to each other. The Large Norwegian Lexicon described Lindstrøm as, "someone who portrays the inner pain points with disturbing precision through language."



Prizes and recognition

 * Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment – 1994
 * Dobloug Prize – 2008
 * Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature – 2011
 * Nordic Council's Literature Prize – 2012