Ida Hegazi Høyer (born 1981) is a

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writer. Of dual

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heritage, she grew up in

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and

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. She has studied sociology in school. She currently lives in

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. She won the Bjørnson Stipend from the

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in 2014. In 2015, she won the

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for ''Unnskyld''.

Novels

* ''Under Verden'' (2012) * ''Ut'' (2013) * ''Unnskyld'' (2014) * ''Fortellingen om øde'' (2015) * ''Historier om trøst'' (2016) * ''Nordisk NU'' (2017) * ''Fortællingen om øde'' (2017) * ''Ene Skissen'' (2018) * ''Kim Friele'' (2019) * ''Ene: Barnet'' (2019)

References

1981 births Norwegian women novelists Norwegian people of Danish descent Norwegian people of Egyptian descent Writers from Oslo Living people {{Norway-writer-stub