Susanne Christensen

Susanne Christensen (b 1969, Denmark) is a Dano-Norwegian literary critic and essayist who lives in Berlin.

She has contributed literary criticism for many years to Morgenbladet and Klassekampen as well as serving as co-editor of Vagant. Her essay collection Den ulne avantgarde. Kritiske tekster fra 00-tallet was published in 2011, when she was also voted literary critic of the year by the Norwegian Critics’ Association. Christensen published En punkbønn in 2015, this second set of essays was nominated for the Norwegian Critics’ Prize in 2015.

Her latest book, Leonoras reise (2019), is about British-Mexican artist Leonora Carrington.