Naja Marie Aidt

Naja Marie Aidt (born 24 December 1963) is a Danish language poet and writer.

She was born in Aasiaat, Greenland, and was brought up partly in Greenland and partly in the Vesterbro area of Copenhagen. In 1991, she published her first book of poetry, Så længe jeg er ung (While I'm Still Young). Since 1993, she has been a full-time writer. In 1994, Naja Marie Aidt was awarded the Danish Fund for the Endowment of the Arts 3-year bursary. In 2008. she moved to Brooklyn, New York City.

Aidt won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2008, for her short stories collection Bavian (Baboon, 2006).Bavian also earned her the Danish Kritikerprisen for 2007.

Naja Marie Aidt has received several grants from Statens Kunstfond; other prizes include:

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