Linn Ullmann
Linn Ullmann
Linn Ullmann, originally Karin Beate Ullmann, is a Norwegian author and journalist. A prominent literary critic, she also writes a column for Norway's leading morning newspaper and has published six novels...
NationalityNorwegian
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth9 August 1966
CountryNorway
order symbolism perspective
Playing with different genres and perspectives and ways of telling stories is one of the perks of being a novelist, but at the same time, I want precision. And in order to be precise about stuff, you have to get personal. Symbolism is very boring.
began cold death felt following life middle months
I began writing 'The Cold Song' in the months following my father's death, when I felt this sense of loss, disappearance, of being right in the middle of life and wondering: 'What now? How to proceed?'
writing
When you're not writing, you're not doing anything else either because everything you do goes into the writing.
song father writing
I began writing The Cold Song in the months following my fathers death, when I felt this sense of loss, disappearance, of being right in the middle of life and wondering: What now? How to proceed?
men imperfection
What I have always loved most in men is imperfection.
suffering age
I have the experience of age and suffering.
writing way roles
Fairy tales and folk tales have always played a role in my writing in one way or another.