Anne Marie Løn

Anne Marie Løn (born 1947) is a Danish writer who initially worked as a journalist in Copenhagen for newspapers including the tabloid B.T.. As a novelist, she made her debut with Hvorfor hvisker I til mig? (Why Do You Whisper To Me?) in 1977, followed in 1982 by the more successful Veras vrede (Vera's Anger), in which she expresses her frustration with city life and its tabloids. Her love of the countryside is apparent in many later works such as Foretid (Times Past, 1984) or Den sorte liste (The Black List, 1988). Her awards include the cherished Weekendavisen Book Award in 1998.

Early life Born on 12 July 1947 in the parish of Tranebjerg on the Danish island of Samsø, Anne Marie Løn was the daughter of the veterinarian Otto Løn (1914–85) and his wife, the registrar Ingerid Glob (born 1915). With her partner, the veterinarian Erik Dam Sørensen, she had three children: Ida (1879), Emil (1984) and Nina (1985).

Career After working as a trainee for the Frederikshavns Avis (1966–69), she joined the daily Vestkysten where she wrote mainly about schools and education. In the early 1970s, she spent extended periods in France and Italy where she studied drama. On returning to Denmark, after a short period as press secretary for Aalborg Teater she moved to Copenhagen where from 1973 she worked for B.T. for the next six years.

Awards Anne Marie Løn has received a number of awards including the Danish Literature Prize for Women (Dansk Litteraturpris for Kvinder) in 1995, the Weekendavisen Book Award for Dvergenes dans in 1998, Tagea Brandt Rejselegat in 2001 and De Gyldne Laurbær in 2001.