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Mads Nygaard

Mads Nygaard is a Danish author from Hirtshals, Denmark. The author of five novels and five children’s books, he has received the Benny Andersen Award 2020 for the book The Unaccompanied Minors, and has also been the recipient of the Three-Year Grant from the Danish Arts Council. He is cofounder of the movement Venligboerne (the friendly neighbors), a network giving refugees a fast track into their new local environment. When Me and God Were Little, translated by Steve Schein, is his first American release.


My Novel’s 16-Year Journey Across the Atlantic Ocean

Mads Nygaard on Finding His Book’s American Family
January 21, 2022  By Mads Nygaard
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