Christian Jungersen

Christian Jungersen (born 1962 in Copenhagen) is a Danish author now resident in Dublin, Ireland, and New York City. He is the author of two prize-winning and bestselling novels, Thickets (Krat) and The Exception 2004.

The Exception

The Exception
Author(s)	Christian Jungersen
Translator	Anna Paterson
Country	Denmark
Language	Danish/English
Genre(s)	Fiction
Publisher	Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publication date	2004/2006
Media type	Print
Pages	567 pp
ISBN	9780753821664
OCLC Number	85690776

The Exception has been sold for publication in 17 countries.

In 2009, readers of Denmark’s largest newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, voted The Exception the second best Danish novel of the past 25 years. The survey was the most extensive of its kind to be conducted in the country. [1] The novel won the Danish Radio Prize da:P2 Romanprisen and the Golden Laurels prize.^[1]

In United Kingdom it was shortlisted for the Duncan Lawrie International Dagger, as translated by Anna Paterson in 2006.

In France it was shortlisted for the Grand prix des lectrices de Elle.^[2]

In Sweden it was shortlisted for the Martin Beck Award.

In Ireland it was nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

References

1. ^ da:Boghandlernes gyldne Laurbær
2. ^ fr:Grand prix des lectrices de Elle

External links

• Review of The Exception in The Independent

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