Britt Karin Larsen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Britt Karin Larsen

Norwegian poet and author

Date of Birth: 16-Apr-1945

Place of Birth: Oslo, Eastern Norway, Norway

Profession: writer, poet, children's writer

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Britt Karin Larsen (born 16 April 1945) is a Norwegian poet, author and government scholar.
Larsen debuted as a poet in 1978 with 5 mg blues og andre dikt, and has published many poetry collections and novels since.
She is best known for her novel trilogy about Norwegian and Swedish Travellers, De som ser etter tegn (1997), De usynliges by (1998) and Sangen om løpende hester (1999).
The trilogy has been called a literary monument for Romany people in Norway.
Larsen was given the Norsk PEN's highest freedom prize, the Ossietzky-prisen, in 2000.