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'''Linn Ullmann''' (born [[9 August]] [[1966]], [[Oslo, Norway]]) is the daughter of actress [[Liv Ullmann]] and director [[Ingmar Bergman]], and a respected [[Norway|Norwegian]] author and journalist.

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'''Karin Beate''' "'''Linn'''" '''Ullmann''' (born 9 August 1966) is a Norwegian author and journalist. A prominent literary critic, she also writes a column for Norway's leading morning newspaper and has published seven novels.

At an early age she occasionally appeared in her mother's films, and dreamed of becoming an opera singer but dropped the idea since she could not sing. She then decided to follow in the footsteps of her famous mother, but after a few years at a theatre school in New York, the teacher told her she was a terrible actress. "My mother agreed with the teacher", Ullmann has recounted, "so I became a journalist". She studied literature for six years in New York, finally graduating from New York University in 1988 and then she began work on her Ph.D the same year.

==Early life==

In 1992 she permanently moved back to her native Norway and began to work for the tabloid [[Dagbladet]], one of Norway's largest newspapers.

Ullmann was born in Oslo, Norway, to Norwegian actress, author, and director [[Liv Ullmann]] and Swedish director and screenwriter [[Ingmar Bergman]]. She grew up in [[New York City]]<ref name=scotsman>{{cite news|url=http://www.linnullmann.no/assets/files/Scotsman-19-08-2004.pdf |title=Light in the darkness |newspaper=The Scotsman |date=19 August 2004 |first=Ninian |last=Dunnett |access-date=13 September 2014 }}</ref><!-- dead link hijacked by unrelated website <ref>{{cite web|url=http://tweedsmag.org/interview-linn-ullmann/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328203924/http://tweedsmag.org/interview-linn-ullmann/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 March 2014 |title=Interview: Linn Ullmann |publisher=Tweed's |date=28 March 2014 |access-date=13 September 2014 }}</ref> --> and Oslo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.penguin.com/author/linn-ullmann/1000038202 |title=Linn Ullman |publisher=Penguin House |access-date=13 September 2014 }}</ref>

Ullmann attended [[Professional Children's School]] in [[Manhattan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcs-nyc.org/page.cfm?page=1303 |title=NOTABLE ALUMNI |publisher=Professional Children's School |access-date=13 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706083436/http://www.pcs-nyc.org/page.cfm?page=1303 |archive-date= 6 July 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20085319,00.html |title=Celeb Brats Can Be Model Kids, Too |magazine=People|date=20 June 1983 |access-date=13 September 2014 }}</ref> When she was 15, she was "kicked out" (as she puts it) of the [[Norwegian National Opera and Ballet]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://untitledbooks.com/features/how/linn-ullmann/ |title=LINN ULLMANN |publisher=Unitedbooks.com |date=December 2012 |access-date=13 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141121170201/http://untitledbooks.com/features/how/linn-ullmann/ |archive-date=21 November 2014 }}</ref> She attended [[Juilliard School]] as a prospective dancer<ref name=scotsman/> and graduated from [[New York University]], where she studied English literature and began work on her PhD.

Eventually she became one of the most prominent newspaper journalists in [[Norway]], and subsequently a highly successful and award winning [[author]]. As of 2005 she has written three [[novel]]s, some of them translated into more than 30 languages, which have received critical acclaim also far outside Norway. Her debut novel, "Before You Sleep" was sold to 14 countries (including the United States, Britain, France and Germany) before it was even published in Norway, a flying start rarely bestowed upon Norwegian authors.

==WorksCareer==

When Ullmann’s first novel, ''Before You Sleep'', was published in 1998, she was already known as an influential literary critic. Her second novel, ''Stella Descending'', was published in 2001 and her third, ''Grace'', in 2002. For ''Grace'', Ullmann received the literary award The Readers' Prize in Norway, and ''Grace'' was named one of the top ten novels that year by the Danish newspaper ''[[Weekendavisen]]''. In 2007, ''Grace'' was longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in the United Kingdom, and in the Norwegian theater Riksteatret played a successful run of the theatrical play ''Grace'', based on the novel.

*''Før du sovner'' (Before You Sleep) ([[1998]])

*''Når jeg er hos deg'' (Stella Descending) ([[2003]])

*''Nåde'' (Grace) ([[2005]])

Ullmann's fourth novel, ''A Blessed Child'', was published in Norway in 2005, and was shortlisted for the [[Brage Prize]]. In 2007, she received the Amalie Skram Award for her literary work and the Gullpennen (Golden Pen) for her journalism in the Norwegian newspaper ''[[Aftenposten]]''. In 2008, ''A Blessed Child'' was named Best Translated novel in the British newspaper ''[[The Independent]]'', and in 2009 the novel was longlisted for the [[Independent Foreign Fiction Prize]]<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/the-independent-foreign-fiction-prize-1632978.html Independent UK]</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Review: A Blessed Child by Linn Ullman |date=2008-08-22 |website=[[The Guardian]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814043315/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/aug/23/fiction7 |archive-date=2022-08-14 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/aug/23/fiction7}}</ref> in the UK and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in Ireland. Ullmann's novels are published throughout Europe and the United States and are translated into 30 languages.

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Ullmann is co-founder (2009) and former artistic director of the international artist residency foundation The Bergman Estate on [[Fårö]].

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She served on the jury for the main competition at the [[2011 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-04-20|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/58042.html|title=The Jury of the 64th Festival de Cannes|work=Cannes|access-date=2011-04-20}}</ref>

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Ullmann's fifth novel, ''The Cold Song'', was published in Norway in 2011.

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In 2015, Ullmann appeared as a featured author, leading a writing seminar, at the annual [[Iceland Writers Retreat]] in [[Reykjavík|Reykjavik]], [[Iceland]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Past Events |url=https://icelandwritersretreat.com/past-events/ |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=Iceland Writers Retreat |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Personal life ==

Ullmann is married to [[Niels Fredrik Dahl]], a novelist, playwright and poet. They live in [[Oslo]]. She has two children, including [[Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel]], and two stepchildren.<ref>{{cite web |title=Podcast: Linn Ullmann, part 2 – Persona |url=https://chimeraobscura.com/vm/tag/linn-ullmann |website=Chimera Obscura |access-date=24 May 2024}}</ref>

==Literary works==

*''Before You Sleep'' (Før du sovner) 1998

*''Stella Descending'' (Når jeg er hos deg) 2001

*''Grace'' (Nåde) 2002

*''A Blessed Child'' (Et Velsignet Barn) 2005

*''The Cold Song'' (Det dyrebare) 2011

*''Unquiet'' (De urolige) 2019

*''Girl, 1983'' (Jente, 1983) 2021

**{{cite book |title=Girl 1983 |date=2025-07-22 |publisher=W. W. Norton |isbn=978-1-324-06635-4}} <ref name="q694">{{cite web |date=2025-05-22 |title=illuminating the shadows of the past |url=https://www.ft.com/content/f23efee5-3f63-4258-81fd-105eea86dcea |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=Financial Times}}</ref><ref name="c520">{{cite web |date=2025-07-23 |title=The Shadow-Sister’s Solidarity |url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-shadow-sisters-solidarity/ |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=Los Angeles Review of Books}}</ref><ref name="u319">{{cite web |last=Spiegelman |first=Nadja |date=2025-07-23 |title=Book Review: ‘Girl, 1983,’ by Linn Ullmann |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/books/review/linn-ullmann-girl-1983.html |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name="n457">{{cite web |last=McHugh |first=Clare |date=2025-07-22 |title=In ‘Girl, 1983,’ a writer tries to make sense of her teenage self |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/07/22/girl-1983-linn-illmann-review/ |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=The Washington Post}}</ref><ref name="e720">{{cite web |last=Cote |first=Rachel Vorona |date=2025-07-15 |title=What We Gain by Forgetting |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2025/07/girl-1983-linn-ullmann-novel-review/683521/ |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=The Atlantic}}</ref>

==Literary awards==

* [[:no:Gullpennen|Gold Pen]] {{in lang|no}}<!--Norwegian--> (2007)

* [[:no:Amalie Skram-prisen|Amalie Skram Prize]] {{in lang|no}}<!--Norwegian--> (2007)

* [[:no:Den norske leserprisen|Norwegian Readers' Prize]] {{in lang|no}}<!--Norwegian--> (2002)

==References==

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==External links==

* [http://www.linnullmann.no/en/ Linn Ullmann's website]

* [http://www.oktober.no/nor/forfattere/norske/ullmann_linn Linn Ullmann] {{in lang|no}}<!--Norwegian--> at [[:no:Oktober forlag]]

* [http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/kultur/forfattere/1200121.html Linn Ullmann] {{in lang|no}}<!--Norwegian--> at [[NRK|NRK Forfatter]]

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080616223425/http://www.dagbladet.no/ullmann/index.html Linn Ullmann] {{in lang|no}}<!--Norwegian--> at [[Dagbladet|Dagbladet Forfatter]]

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