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Bokhandlerprisen
The Norwegian Booksellers' Prize (''Bokhandlerprisen'') is a literature prize awarded annually by the Norwegian Booksellers Association after voting among all who work in Norwegian bookstores. The prize is awarded for one of the year's books in the fiction / general literature category, including children's and youth books. The prize was initiated in 1948, then did not return until 1961. It was also on a hiatus from 1970 to 1980. Prize winners 
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Lars Saabye Christensen
Lars Saabye Christensen (born 21 September 1953 in Oslo) is a Norwegian/Danish author. Saabye Christensen was raised in the Skillebekk neighbourhood of Oslo, but lived for many years in Sortland in northern Norway; both places play a major role in his work. He lives in Blindern, the university district of Oslo. He is half Danish and holds Danish rather than Norwegian citizenship."Siste bok i Lars Saabye Christensens Beatles-trilogi" (Final book in Lars Saabye Christensen's Beatles trilogy), Norge: det offisielle norske nettsted i Danmark (Norwegian Embassy in Denmark official site), retrieved 20 September 2010. Career Saabye Christensen studied literature, Norwegian, art history and the history of ideas at university. He m ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Karin Elstad
Anne Karin Elstad (19 January 1938 – 4 April 2012) was a Norwegian author known for her book series featuring the character ''Julie''. Biography Anne Karin Hestnes was born 19 January 1938, in Halsa to farm owner Johan Hestnes (1897–1980) and Jenny Roaldset (1900–1950), and grew up in Valsøyfjord in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. She was educated as a teacher from 1959 to 1963, and worked in the profession until 1978, before she dedicated her full-time to writing. She debuted as an author in 1976 with the novel ''Folket på Innhaug'', which is the first of four novels in a popular series about the people who lived at Innhaug. The other three titles are ''Magret'' (1977), ''Nytt rotfeste'' (1979) and ''Veiene møtes'' (1980). Elstad was also known for her four-part series about Julie. The first book was titled ''Julie'' (1993), and it was followed by ''Som dine dager er'' ''(As are your days)'' (1995), ''Lenker'' ''(Chains)'' (1998) and ''Fri'' ''(Free)'' (2000). Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Booksellers Association
The Norwegian Booksellers Association ( no, Den norske Bokhandlerforening) is a Norwegian interest group. Its purpose is "looking after the interests of the booksellers and working to strengthen the position of literature and books in society". It awards the annual Norwegian Booksellers' Prize (''Bokhandlerprisen'').About us - the Norwegian Booksellers Association It was founded on 10 January 1851. The first chairman, who served until 1870, was . succeeded him and served as chair from 1870 to 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarjei Vesaas
Tarjei Vesaas (20 August 1897 – 15 March 1970) was a Norwegian poet and novelist. Vesaas is widely considered to be one of Norway's greatest writers of the twentieth century and perhaps its most important since World War II. Biography Vesaas was born in Vinje, Telemark, Norway to Olav Vesaas (1870–1951), a farmer and Signe Øygarden (1870-1953), a teacher. He was the oldest of three sons. He was guilt-ridden by his refusal to take over the family farm, and this guilt permeates much of his authorship. He spent much of his youth in solitude, seeking comfort and solace in nature. He married the writer Halldis Moren Vesaas (the daughter of Sven Moren and the sister of Sigmund Moren) and moved to Midtbø in his home district of Vinje in 1934. They had two children: a son, Olav Vesaas and a daughter, Guri Vesaas. His authorship covers almost 50 years, from 1923 to 1970. Written in Nynorsk, his work is characterized by simple, terse, and symbolic prose. His stories are oft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Borgen
Johan Collett Müller Borgen (28 April 1902 – 16 October 1979) was a Norwegian writer, journalist and critic. His best-known work is the novel ''Lillelord'' for which he was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1955. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1966. Biography He was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of Poul Holst Borgen (1867–1941) and Andrea Elfrida Bommen (1868–1958). He was raised in the borough of Frogner as the youngest of four sons in the family of a successful attorney. He attended private schools; first at Frøenene Platous Forskole, then at Frogner Skole. He graduated artium in 1920. In 1923, Borgen received a part-time position as a journalist at ''Dagbladet''. He started his column which featured a series of ironic and satirical articles writing under the pseudonym "Mumle Gåsegg". He was employed by ''Dagbladet'' from 1923 to 1941 and by ''Morgenbladet'' from 1928 to 1930. During the 1930s, he a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbjørg Wassmo
Herbjørg Wassmo (born 6 December 1942) is a Norwegian author. She was born in Vesterålen and worked as a teacher in northern Norway until beginning her career as an author. Her first published work was a collection of poems, "Vingeslag" ("Beating of Wings"). Her major breakthrough was her first novel, "Huset med den blinde glassveranda" ("The House with the Blind Glass Porch") in 1981. Her 1989 novel, ''Dinas bok'' (''Dina's Book''), was made into a film titled ''I Am Dina'' in 2002, starring Maria Bonnevie and Gérard Depardieu. Bibliography *''Vingeslag'' (poetry, 1976) *''Flotid'' (poetry, 1977) *''Huset med den blinde glassveranda'' (novel - Volume I of the ''Tora'' trilogy, 1981 - published in English as ''The House with the Blind Glass Windows'') *''Det stumme rommet'' (novel - Volume II of the ''Tora'' trilogy, 1983) *''Juni-vinter'' (play, 1983) *''Veien å gå'' (documentary novel, 1984) *''Mellomlanding'' (play, 1985) *'' Hudløs himmel'' (novel - Volume III of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terje Stigen
Terje Stigen (28 June 1922 – 14 August 2010) was a Norwegian author.Erik Bjerck Hagen''Terje Stigen'' (Store norske leksikon)/ref> Biography Terje Stigen was born on Magerøya in Finnmark, Norway. He spent part of his childhood in Tromsø. After his final exams at Nordstrand school in Aker during 1941, he studied philology at the University of Oslo, graduating cand.philol. English major in 1947.Finn Jor''Terje Stigen'' (Norsk Biografisk Leksikon) retrieved 15 September 2010/ref> He wrote 44 novels and short story collections, almost a new year, besides radio plays and numerous articles. Besides novels and short story collections, he wrote a series of radio plays for Radioteatret. Stigen debuted as an author in 1950 with publication of his novel ''To døgn''. He wrote numerous books, mostly novels, but also a number of lectures and radio dramas. He wrote in Bokmål, the more common of the two Norwegian languages. He was a member of the Norwegian Academy for Language and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabeth Dored
Elisabeth Braadland Dored (22 March 1908 – 6 September 1972) was a Norwegian artist and author. Biography Elisabeth Sophie Wiel Braadland was born at Idd (now Halden) in Østfold, Norway. Her parents were Birger Braadland (1879-1960) and Ragna Abigael Vogt Stang (1881-1972). She studied art at the Académie Scandinave in Paris under Henry de Waroquier (1881-1970) and trained at the Académie de l'Art Moderne with Othon Friesz (1879-1949) during 1929. She attended the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo where she studied under Halfdan Strøm in 1931. In 1935, she married Latvian born cinematographer John Dored (1881-1954). She debuted as an author with ''For meg er jorden rund'' (1955) in which she tells about the life and career of her husband. She won the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize (''Bokhandlerprisen'') in 1964 for her historic romance novel ''Jeg elsket Tiberius''. The novel was translated into English by Naomi Walford. During 1963, the novel was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Henriksen
Vera Margrethe Henriksen (née Roscher Lund; 22 March 1927 – 23 May 2016) was a Norwegian novelist, playwright, and non-fiction writer. She was particularly known for her historical novels and plays set in the Middle Ages. Biography Vera Margrethe Roscher Lund was born in Oslo and lived there until 1940, when she moved to Arendal. Her father was military officer, later Colonel Ragnvald Alfred Roscher Lund (1899–1975), the first commander of the Norwegian Military Intelligence Service, head of the Norwegian High Command's office FO II in exile in London during World War II. In 1944, she had to flee Norway during the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. She continued her secondary education at the Norwegian gymnasium in Uppsala, Sweden, and graduated in 1945. The following year she traveled to the United States where her family lived in New Jersey. She studied architecture at Yale University from 1946 to 1948. From 1948 to 1949, she studied art history and journalism at Colu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigurd Hoel
Sigurd Hoel (December 14, 1890 – October 14, 1960) was a Norwegian author and publishing consultant, born in Nord-Odal. He debuted with the collection of short stories (The Way We Go) in 1922. His breakthrough came with (Sinners in Summertime, 1927), which was made into a film in 1932 and in 2002. Life Hoel was born in Nord-Odal, Norway, in 1890. He was the son of teacher Lars Anton and Elisa Dorothea Hoel and grew up in Odalen. He was admitted into Ragna Nielsen's school in Kristiania (now Oslo), but when he finished school in 1909, he could not afford to begin college right away. He worked for a while as an insurance salesman before he could begin his studies in 1910, during which time he supported himself with teaching jobs. In 1913 he was an employee at . In his time at college he was the editor of the periodical ''Minerva''. His literary career began with the short story "" ('The Idiot') from 1918, when he won a writing contest. The same year he became an employee of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Jacobsen
Roy Jacobsen (born 26 December 1954) is a Norwegian novelist and short-story writer. Born in Oslo, he made his publishing début in 1982 with the short-story collection ''Fangeliv'' (Prison Life), which won Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. He is winner of The Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature and two of his novels have been nominated for The Nordic Council's Literature Prize: ''Seierherrene'' (The Conquerors) in 1991 and ''Frost'' in 2004. ''The Burnt-Out Town of Miracles'' was published in Britain in 2008. Jacobsen lives in Oslo. Early life and authorship Jacobsen grew up in a suburb of Oslo located in the Groruddalen valley. In his teens, Jacobsen was a member of the criminal " Årvoll gang". At age 16 he was arrested by the police and kept in solitary confinement for 35 days. He was subsequently convicted of among other things weapons offences and theft, and given a six-month suspended sentence. He has held a number of occupations, even subsequent to his debut as a novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karsten Alnæs
Karsten Alnæs (born 29 May 1938) is a Norwegian author, historian, and journalist, who has dual degrees in history and literature from the University of Oslo. He worked as a journalist and taught at the Norwegian School of Journalism. His bibliography includes 15 novels, 3 children’s books, a collection of novellas, and a number of non–fiction works. Alnæs was awarded the Brage Prize in 1992 for the novel ''Trollbyen'', and the honorary prize in 2003 for the cultural impact of his literary work. He received the Dobloug Prize in 1998. His series The History of Norway (5 volumes; 1996–2000) received the Sverre Steen Prize of the Norwegian Historical Society and topped the bestseller list for non–fiction in Norway. It became the basis of a TV-series, with Alnæs as host and director. His book series The History of Europe (4 volumes; 2003–2006) has been translated into several languages. Alnæs was twice elected president of the Norwegian Authors' Association 1985– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
