Gro Dahle (born 15 May 1962) is a Norwegian poet and writer.

Early life

Dahle was born in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

, and is the daughter of businessman

Øystein Dahle Øystein Dahle (born 18 March 1938) is a former Norwegian businessperson and organizational leader. He was born in Trondheim. He worked in Esso from 1963, and was vice president of Esso, Esso Norway from 1985 to 1995. He was the chairman of the ...

. She grew up in

Tønsberg Tønsberg , historically Tunsberg, is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, eastern Norway, located around south-southwest of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near its mouth onto the Skagerrak. The administrative ce ...

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and

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. She began studying psychology and English literature at

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

and got her

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She went to further study creative writing at

Telemark University College Telemark University College (TUC, no, Høgskolen i Telemark, HiT) was, until its merger, the fourth largest university college in Norway. The University College had about 7000 students, split between four different locations in Bø, Notodden, Por ...

Career

Dahle made her literary début in 1987 with ''Audiens'' (''Audience''), a collection of poetry. Since then Dahle has written over 50 books in different genres, poetry collections, three novels, three novellas, short stories, children' s theatre pieces, radio plays, essays and children's books. Several

picture books A picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. With the narrative told primarily through text, they are distinct from comics, which do so primarily through sequential images. The images ...

for

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arose from collaboration with her husband, Norwegian illustrator and author Svein Nyhus. Dahle has received several national awards for her work. In 1999 she was the official festival poet at the

Bergen International Festival Bergen International Festival ( no, Festspillene i Bergen) is an annual international music and cultural festival in Bergen, Norway. Biography The Bergen International festival is the largest festival in the Nordic countries in its genre and ha ...

. In 2002 she won 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 ...

for literature for ''Snill'' (''Nice''), a picture book for children, and in 2003 the Best Children's Book Prize from the Norwegian Ministry of Culture for ''Sinna Mann'' (''Angry Man''), a book about a boy witnessing

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. Dahle is a stylistically naïve, imaginative and

burlesque A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects.

writer often focusing on

psychological Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between t ...

problems and relations. She also gives lectures in creative writing in Norway and Sweden. In 2013 ''A Hundred Thousand Hours'' (original Norwegian title ''Hundre tusen timer'', 1996) was published in English.

Personal life

Dahle lives and works on the island

Tjøme Tjøme () is an island in Færder, and a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Tjøme. The parish of ''Tjømø'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see f ...

. She has

Asperger syndrome Asperger syndrome (AS), also known as Asperger's, is a former neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by significant difficulties in Interpersonal relationship, social interaction and nonverbal communication, along with restricted and re ...

Honours and awards

*1998: Vestfolds Litteraturpris *1998:

Aschehoug Prize The Aschehoug Prize is published annually by the Norwegian publishing house Aschehoug. The Aschehoug Prize is awarded to Norwegian authors on the basis of the merit of a recent publication. It is awarded on merit, irrespective of the publisher, bas ...

VG om Aschehougprisen til Gro Dahle 1998
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Cappelen Prize The Cappelen Prize ( no, Cappelenprisen) is a Norwegian literary award that was established in 1979 by the publishing company J.W. Cappelens Forlag, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the publishing house. It has not been awarded after J.W ...

*2002:

for picture book ''Snill'' (with illustrator Svein Nyhus) *2003: TeskjekjerringprisenTønsbergs Blad om Teskjekjerringprisen til Gro Dahle 2003
*2003: Kultur- og kirkedepartementets bildebokpris for barne- og ungdomslitteratur for ''Sinna Mann'' (sammen med Svein Nyhus) *2014:

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. ...

for the year's best children's or youth's literature (with illustrator Svein Nyhus) *2015: Triztan Vindtorn Poesipris - Norwegian poetry award

References

External links

Presentation and bibliography from the Norwegian publisher
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dahle, Gro 1962 births Living people Norwegian writers 20th-century Norwegian poets Norwegian children's writers Writers from Oslo Norwegian women poets Norwegian women children's writers 20th-century Norwegian women writers People with Asperger syndrome Writers from Tønsberg