Carl Frode Tiller (born 4 January 1970 in

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) is a Norwegian author, historian and musician. His works are in

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s. Tiller made his literary debut in 2001 with the novel ''Skråninga'' (''The Slope''), which was recognized as the best Norwegian literary debut of the year with the

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and nominated for 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 November 2007 Tiller was awarded the

for his novel '' :no:Innsirkling'' (''Encirclement''). In the fall of 2007 '' :no:Innsirkling'' received the

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. ...

and was nominated for the premiere Scandinavian literature prize, the

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. It also won him the European Union Literary Award in 2009. Tiller is also a musician in the band Kong Ler. His daughter is a member of

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. Her name is Oline.

Bibliography

*2001: ''Skråninga'' (''The Slope'') – novel *2003: ''Bipersonar'' (''Minor Characters'') – novel *2007: '' :no:Innsirkling'' (''Encirclement'') – novel *2007: ''Folkehelsa'' (''Public Health'') – play (2007) This play was composed as part of the project “Trondheim Open” with the ''Trøndelag Teater'' spring 2007. *2010: ''Innsirkling II'' (''Encirclement II'') – novel *2014: ''Innsirkling III'' (''Encirclement III'') – novel

Awards

2001, for ''Skråninga'' * Aschehoug's Debutant Endowment 2001, for ''Skråninga'' * NRK P2 Listener's Prize 2001, for ''Skråninga'' * Sunnmøre Prize 2001, for ''Skråninga'' * :no:Bjørnsonstipendet 2004, for ''Bipersonar'' *

2007, for ''Innsirkling'' *''

Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment is an annually awarded literary prize from the publishing house Aschehoug. The prize is a recognition of superior literary work. The publisher's editorial management makes the award based on their collective judgement ...

'' 2007 *

2007, for ''Innsirkling'' *''Sultprisen'' 2008

References

External links

Carl Frode Tiller at Aschehoug Agency

Norwegian language pages Official homepage

* ttp://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/30760.html Norwegian language pages Carl Frode Tiller in the Dagbladet newspaper
Norwegian language pages Carl Frode Tiller in the newspaper Aftenposten

Norwegian language pages Authors at the Aschehougs publishers website
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