Arne Lygre (born 6 February 1968) is a Norwegian novelist and playwright. Among his plays are ''Mamma og meg og menn'' from 1998, staged at

Rogaland Teater Rogaland Teater is a theatre in Stavanger, Norway. Background The theatre building was built in 1883 on a parcel of '' Kannik prestegård''. It was designed by architect Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff, and initially held close to 500 seats. The bui ...

, and ''Brått og evig'' from 1999, first staged at the

National Theatre (Oslo) The National Theatre in Oslo ( no, Nationaltheatret) is one of Norway's largest and most prominent venues for performance of dramatic arts. History The theatre had its first performance on 1 September 1899 but can trace its origins to Christiani ...

. He was awarded the

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 Priz ...

in 2004 for the short story collection ''Tid inne''. His first novel was ''Et siste ansikt'' in 2006. From 2014 to 2016 he is the in-house playwright at the National Theatre.

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1968 births Living people Writers from Bergen 21st-century Norwegian novelists Norwegian dramatists and playwrights {{Norway-writer-stub