Background
She was born in Aasiaat, Greenland, and was brought up partly in Greenland and partly in the Vesterbro area of Copenhagen.
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 Ciy.
Bavian also earned her the Danish Kritikerprisen for 2007.
Naja Marie Aidt has received several grants from Statens Kunstfond. Other prizes include: 1993: Gyldendal"s Book prize (Gyldendals boglegat) (25,000 DKK to buy books for) 1996: Martin Andersen Nexø Prize. 1996: Herman Bangs Mindelegat. 2004: Beatrice Prize 2007: Kritikerprisen (Danish Critics Prize for Literature) 2008: Nordic Council"s Literature Prize 2011: Søren Gyldendal Prize.
