Rune Belsvik (born 14 April 1956) is a
Norwegian
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novelist, playwright, short story writer and children's writer.
Belsvik was born in
Stord
Stord is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnhordland. Stord is sometimes called "Norway in miniature" since it has such a variety of landscapes: coastline, fjords, forests, agricultural ...
. 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 Literature winners
People from Stord
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