Jonas Eika

Jonas Eika Rasmussen (born 1991) is a Danish writer. He was born in Haslev, Denmark, in 1991. Eika made his literary debut in 2015, with the novel Lageret Huset Marie. His next book was the short story collection Efter Solen from 2018, for which he was awarded Michael Strunge-prisen, Den svære Toer, Montanas Litteraturpris and Blixenprisen. He was awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2019 for Efter Solen. An English edition, translated by Sherilyn Nicolette Hellberg, After the Sun, was longlisted for the 2022 Republic of Consciousness Prize.