Elisabeth Eide

Elisabeth Eide
Born	(1950-07-22) 22 July 1950 (age 73) Bergen, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation(s)	journalist, teacher, novelist
Awards	Ossietzky Award ( 2002)

Elisabeth Eide (born 22 July 1950) is a Norwegian journalist, teacher, novelist and non-fiction writer. She was born in Bergen.

Eide made her novel debut in 1994 with Til Kabul faller . Further novels (crime fiction) are Utviklingens hjul from 1997, Der mørket leker med ilden from 1998, and Skyteskiver from 2000. ^{[1] [2]}

She received the Ossietzky Award in 2002. ^[3]

Eide was an active participant in the Maoist movement in Norway, and was part of a delegation with AKP (m-l) that visited Pol Pot in 1978. ^[4] She later left the Maoist movement. ^[5]

References

1. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Elisabeth Eide". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
2. "Elisabeth Eide". forfatterkatalogen.no (in Norwegian). Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
3. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Ossietzkyprisen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
4. Brandal, Nik. "Ein skulle vere bra dum for å svelte i kampuchea". Kaderprosjektet (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
5. Eide, Elisabeth (8 August 2003). "M-l-kynismens røtter". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 29 June 2018.

Further reading

• Hjeltnes, Guri (2010). "Et bankende hjerte. Om journalist, forsker og globetrotter Elisabeth Eide". Prosa (in Norwegian). Vol. 3. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2018.