Karate Chop: Stories

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

DORTHE NORS was born in 1970 in Denmark. The author of five novels, in 2011 she received the Danish Arts Agency’s Three Year Grant for her “unusual and extraordinary production and her unusual and extraordinary talent.” This is her first book to be published in English. She lives in Jutland.

MARTIN AITKEN was born in 1961 in the UK. His translations from Danish have appeared in book form as well as in countless literary magazines. In 2012 he received the American-Scandinavian Foundation’s Nadia Christensen Translation Prize. He lives in rural Denmark.