Øyvind Holen (born 4 January 1973) is a Norwegian journalist, comics creator and non-fiction writer.

Personal life

Holen hails from Lindeberg, a district in Groruddalen, Oslo. He was born on 4 January 1973, and is married to Marta Breen.

Career

A journalist, Holen has worked for or contributed to a number of newspapers, including '' Aftenposten'', '' Dagsavisen'', '' VG'', '' Klassekampen'', '' Bergens Tidende'', '' Morgenbladet'', ''

Osloposten ''Osloposten'' (The Oslo Gazette) was a free newspaper published in Oslo, Norway from 1997 to 2002. The paper was published by the Danish newspaper company Søndagsavisen AS in Oslo via its subsidiary Norsk Avisdrift. The paper was launched in 1 ...

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Ny Tid ''Ny Tid'' (English: ''Modern Times Review'') is Norway's largest international quarterly review of non-fiction books – up to 50 in each issue. It is currently owned by Ny Tid & Orientering AS. ''Ny Tid'' is headed by the newspaper founder Tr ...

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Dagens Næringsliv ''Dagens Næringsliv'' (Norwegian for "Today's Business"), commonly known as ''DN'', is a Norwegian newspaper specializing in business news. , it is the third-largest newspaper in Norway. Editor-in-chief is Janne Johannessen, who was appointed i ...

''. He made his book debut in 2004 with the hiphop documentary ''Hiphop-hoder: Fra Beat Street til bygde-rap''. His next books were ''Groruddalen: En reiseskildring'' (2005), ''Hiphop: Graffiti, rap, breaking, dj-ing'' (2009), and ''Faktaløve: Hiphop'' (2010). He was awarded the

Sproing Award The Sproing Award is awarded by Norsk Tegneserieforum (NTF), an organisation to promote interest and understanding for comics in Norway. Since 1987, the award has been presented for the ''Best Norwegian Strips'', a comic strip or comic book by a No ...

in 2012 for the comics album ''Drabant'', shared with illustrator . Further books are ''Donald-landet'' (2012), ''Jævla bra byline'' (2014), ''Tegneserienes historie'' (2015), ''Getto'' (2021), and ''B.O.L.T Warhead. The Re Enforcement'' from 2022 (about an album by the Norwegian rap group ).

References

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