Peter Høeg
Author of Smilla's Sense of Snow
About the Author
Peter Hoeg, is a writer. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1957. Hoeg's first book, The History of Danish Dreams, was published in 1988. Another book, Smilla's Sense of Snow, received the Glass Key Award from the Crime Writers of Scandinavia in 1992. The book was made into a film in 1997 show more starring Julia Ormond, Gabriel Bryne, and Vanessa Redgrave. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Peter Hoeg, credit Ulla Montan
Works by Peter Høeg
Reis naar een donker hart 2 copies
Associated Works
The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories (1999) — Contributor — 352 copies
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- Canonical name
- Høeg, Peter
- Birthdate
- 1957-05-17
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Denmark
- Birthplace
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Places of residence
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Education
- University of Copenhagen (MA, Literature, 1984)
- Occupations
- crew member (pleasure boats)
dancer (ballet)
fencer
mountaineer
teacher (drama)
novelist - Awards and honors
- Bog & Idé-prisen (1996)
Bog & Idé-prisen (1993)
De gyldne Laurbær (1994) - Short biography
- Peter Høeg lives with his wife and his two daughters in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Works
- 18
- Also by
- 4
- Members
- 12,990
- Popularity
- #1,798
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 279
- ISBNs
- 452
- Languages
- 27
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- 33
What happens at the beginning is that a young boy whom she knows falls of a roof and dies. It's put down as an accident by the police, but Smilla smells a rat. The book tells the story of her pursuit of the truth. And I barely understood a single turn of the plot. I found Smilla strange and self-absorbed, but then finding an amiable character in this book is a fairly thankless task.
I gave up following the plot early on. But I persisted because I enjoyed learning about the people of Greenland and their uncomfortable relationship with the Danes. So that was wortwhile. As to whodunnit? No idea. See if you can find out… (more)