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Erna Osland
Erna Osland (born 24 February 1951) is a Norwegian teacher and author of children's literature. She made her literary debut in 1987 with the youth's book ''Natteramnen''. She received the Norwegian Critics Prize for Best children's book in 1999 for ''Salamandarryttaren''. References Norwegian children's writers Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature winners 1951 births Living people Norwegian women children's writers {{Norway-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Critics Prize For Literature
The Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature (''Den norske Kritikerprisen for litteratur'' or ''Kritikerprisen'') is awarded by the Norwegian Literature Critics' Association (''Norsk Litteraturkritikerlag'') and has been awarded every year since 1950. The prize is presented to a Norwegian author for a literary work as agreed to among the members of the Norwegian Literature Critics' Association. Since 1978 the Norwegian Literature Critics' Association has also awarded a prize for the best work of children's literature. In 2003 the Critics Prize for the year's best work of translation was established, and in 2012 the Critics Prize for the year's best work of nonfiction for adults was established. For other Norwegian Critics Awards, see Norwegian Theatre Critics Award, which has been awarded every year since 1939 (except 1940-45), the Norwegian Music Critics Award, which has been awarded every year since 1947, and the Norwegian Dance Critics Award, which has been awarded every year since 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brage Prize
The Brage Prize (Norwegian: ''Brageprisen'') is a Norwegian literature prize that is awarded annually by the Norwegian Book Prize foundation (''Den norske bokprisen''). The prize recognizes recently published Norwegian literature. The Brage Prize has been awarded each fall since 1992 for the following categories: * Fiction * Children's literature * Non-fiction * Open class – a class which varies each year. In addition to these classes, during the first several years the prize was also awarded in the following categories: * Poetry * Textbooks * Picture books * General literature Prize winners Fiction for adults *1992 – Karsten Alnæs, for ''Trollbyen''. *1993 – Øystein Lønn, for ''Thranes metode''. *1994 – Sigmund Mjelve, for ''Område aldri fastlagt''. *1995 – Ingvar Ambjørnsen, for ''Fugledansen''. *1996 – Bergljot Hobæk Haff, for ''Skammen''. *1997 – Liv Køltzow, for ''Verden forsvinner''. *1998 – Kjartan Fløgstad, for ''Kron og mynt''. *1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Store Norske Leksikon
The ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia'' ( no, Store Norske Leksikon, abbreviated ''SNL''), is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia. The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian published sites, with more than two million unique visitors per month. Paper editions 1978–2007 The ''SNL'' was created in 1978, when the two publishing houses Aschehoug and Gyldendal merged their encyclopedias and created the company Kunnskapsforlaget. Up until 1978 the two publishing houses of Aschehoug and Gyldendal, Norway's two largest, had published ' and ', respectively. The respective first editions were published in 1907–1913 (Aschehoug) and 1933–1934 (Gyldendal). The slump in sales for paper-based encyclopedias around the turn of the 21st century hit Kunnskapsforlaget hard, but a fourth edition of the paper encyclopedia was secured by a grant of ten million Norwegian kroner from the foundation Fritt Ord in 2003. The fourth edition consisted of 16 volumes, a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Critics' Association
The Norwegian Critics' Association (''Norsk litteraturkritikerlag'') is an organization for Norwegian critics in the newspaper and broadcasting professions. Former independent critic teams merged into Norwegian Critics Association in 1998. The oldest team was founded in 1927 as the Norwegian Theatre and Music Critics Association (''Norsk Teater- og Musikkritikerforening''). Critics teams in literature and art were created respectively in 1946 (Norwegian Literature Critics) and 1949 (Norwegian Art Critics). The association was initially created to promote a high standard of critical ethics. The association aims to safeguard the members' professional and economic interests while promoting quality in the arts and striving for quality and independence in criticism. This organization arranges seminars, meetings, open debates, and writing courses, which mark the critics role in public and creative environments. One of their most significant contributions to Norwegian culture is the aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stein Erik Lunde
Stein Erik Lunde (born 22 November 1953) is a Norwegian novelist, children's writer, biographer and textbook writer. Lunde made his literary debut in 1982 with the crime novel ''Ingenting ruster''. He was awarded the Brage Prize in 1998 for the children's books ''Eggg''. Among his later books are ''Ulv'' from 2004, ''En far'' from 2006, and ''Eg kan ikkje sove no'' from 2008. In addition to being an author, Lunde also writes lyrics and has translated Bob Dylan into Norwegian. References External links * 1953 births Living people 20th-century Norwegian novelists 21st-century Norwegian novelists Norwegian children's writers Norwegian crime fiction writers Norwegian biographers Male biographers Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Norwegian male novelists 20th-century Norwegian male writers 21st-century Norwegian male writers {{Norway-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rune Belsvik
Rune Belsvik (born 14 April 1956) is a Norwegian novelist, playwright, short story writer and children's writer. Belsvik was born in Stord. He made his literary debut in 1979 with the children's book ''Ingen drittunge lenger''. He was awarded the Brage Prize for ''Ein naken gut'' in 2000. He received the Norwegian Critics Prize for Children's Literature in 1996 for ''Dustefjerten og den store vårdagen'', and again in 2001, for ''Verdens mest forelska par''. He received the Cappelen Prize in 1984. Awards * Brage Prize 2000 *Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature The Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature (''Den norske Kritikerprisen for litteratur'' or ''Kritikerprisen'') is awarded by the Norwegian Literature Critics' Association (''Norsk Litteraturkritikerlag'') and has been awarded every year since 1950 ... 1996 and 2001 *''Teskjekjerringprisen'' 2006 References 1956 births Living people Norwegian children's writers Norwegian Critics Prize for Literatu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Children's Writers
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the two official written forms: **Bokmål, literally "book language", used by 85–90% of the population of Norway **Nynorsk, literally "New Norwegian", used by 10–15% of the population of Norway *The Norwegian Sea Norwegian or may also refer to: Norwegian *Norwegian Air Shuttle, an airline, trading as Norwegian **Norwegian Long Haul, a defunct subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, flying long-haul flights *Norwegian Air Lines, a former airline, merged with Scandinavian Airlines in 1951 *Norwegian coupling, used for narrow-gauge railways *Norwegian Cruise Line, a cruise line *Norwegian Elkhound, a canine breed. *Norwegian Forest cat, a domestic feline breed *Norwegian Red, a breed of dairy cattle *Norwegian Township, Schuylkill County, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Critics Prize For Literature Winners
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the two official written forms: **Bokmål, literally "book language", used by 85–90% of the population of Norway **Nynorsk, literally "New Norwegian", used by 10–15% of the population of Norway *The Norwegian Sea Norwegian or may also refer to: Norwegian *Norwegian Air Shuttle, an airline, trading as Norwegian ** Norwegian Long Haul, a defunct subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, flying long-haul flights * Norwegian Air Lines, a former airline, merged with Scandinavian Airlines in 1951 * Norwegian coupling, used for narrow-gauge railways * Norwegian Cruise Line, a cruise line * Norwegian Elkhound, a canine breed. * Norwegian Forest cat, a domestic feline breed * Norwegian Red, a breed of dairy cattle * Norwegian Township, Schuylkill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Births
Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory, with the writing off of £36.5M debt. * January 15 – In a court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment. * January 20 – Winter of Terror: Avalanches in the Alps kill 240 and bury 45,000 for a time, in Switzerland, Austria and Italy. * January 21 – Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea erupts catastrophically, killing nearly 3,000 people and causing great devastation in Oro Province. * January 25 – Dutch author Anne de Vries releases the first volume of his children's novel '' Journey Through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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