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Sara Omar

Born 1986 · Denmark

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    Gyldne Laurbær 2020 · Winner

    Skyggedanseren

    Title translated by AI:“The Shadow Dancer”

    Sara Omar · 33 when first published

    Novel · 416 pages · Family, Migration, Coming of age

    AI-generated summary:In Kurdistan in 1994 a girl has stopped speaking and eating, and her grandparents try to bring her back to life; in Denmark in 2007 the same young woman studies, writes in secret and defies a violent father.