Aslak Nore

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Aslak Nore
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Nore in 2010
Born (1978-05-12) 12 May 1978 (age 45)
Oslo, Norway
Occupation(s)journalist, publisher, non-fiction and crime fiction writer
Parent Kjartan Fløgstad
Awards Riverton Prize (2017)

Aslak Nore (born 12 May 1978) is a Norwegian journalist, publisher, non-fiction and crime fiction writer. He was awarded the Riverton Prize in 2017.

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Personal life

Nore was born in Oslo on 12 May 1978, and is the son of the writer Kjartan Fløgstad. [1]

Career

With a background as a soldier and publisher, Nore made his literary debut in 2007, with the documentary novel Gud er norsk. Later books are Ekstremistan (2009), and the thrillers En norsk spion (2012), and Oslo Noir (2014). In 2014 he published a book on the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Brasil 2014, together with his father Kjartan Fløgstad. The espionage thriller Ulvefellen from 2017 is set during World War II. [1] For Ulvefellen, he was awarded the Riverton Prize in 2017. [2] His 2021 novel Havets kirkegård centres on intrigues in a fictional Norwegian family, interwoven with actual events during World War II. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Skei, Hans H. "Aslak Nore". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  2. Iversen, Vidar. "Rivertonprisen". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 22 April 2018.