Josefine Klougart (b. 1985) history of art and literature at Aarhus University and
subsequently graduated from the Writers' School in Copenhagen. In 2018, she was visiting
professor at the University of Bern.
Since her debut in 2010, Josefine Klougart has published 6 novels and a large number of
essays, chronicles and shorter prose works.
In 2022, she curated an exhibition for Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek and in that connection
published After Nature, a book-length essay about art, literature and nature.
Klougart's books have been translated into 13 languages.

Awards and nominations:

Awarded the Drachmann Grant 2023
Twice longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award 2018 and 2019
Twice nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2010 and 2014
Awarded Jyllands-Posten’s Literature Prize 2022
Twice nominated for The Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s Fiction Prize 2014 and 2021
Nominated for Politiken’s Literary Prize 2021
Nominated for Montana’s Literature Prize 2021
Nominated for the Blixen Prize for Best Novel 2022
Twice shortlisted for the Reader’s Award 2013 and 2014
Awarded Best Indie Book of the Year 2016 (Turkish Kitabi)
Awarded the Dutch Markenprijs 2018.

Previously published by:
Bulgaria: Perseus Publishing, Brazil: Editora Moinhos, Croatia: VBZ, France: Actes Sud, Germany: Matthes & Seitz, Holland: Uitgeverij Oevers, Iceland: Sagarana editora forlag, Italy: Scritturapura Casa Editrice, Norway: Heinesen/ Gyldendal Norsk, Portugal: Cavalo de Ferro / Theoria, Sweden: Albert Bonniers förlag, Turkey: Bence Kitap, English (world): Open Letter Books/ Deep Vellum.