Jan Grue

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Jan Grue
Born (1981-03-28) 28 March 1981 (age 42)
Oslo, Norway
EducationLinguistics
Occupation(s)Professor, writer
Awards Fritt Ord Award (2021)

Jan Grue (born 28 March 1981) is a Norwegian writer, academic and actor.

Career

Born in Oslo on 28 March 1981, Grue graduated with a doctorate in linguistics in 2011. He was assigned to the University of Oslo from 2012, and a professor from 2016. [1]

Grue has written books in several genres. His books include the short story collection Alt under Kontroll from 2010, followed by Ubestemt tid (2011) and Kropp og sinn (2012). Further books are the short story collection Normalia (2015), the novel Det blir ikke bedre (2016), Bortenfor, bortenfor, bortenfor (2017), and the short story collection Uromomenter (2019). He has written the children's books Oliver from 2011, Skadedyr (2015), and Super-Magnus (2016). [1]

He was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature for best non-fiction in 2018, for his book Jeg lever et liv som ligner deres. [2] The book was also nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize. [1]

In 2019 Grue appeared in the Norwegian political thriller series Occupied. [3]

He was awarded the P.O. Enquist Prize  [ sv ] in 2021. [4]

He received the Fritt Ord Award in 2021, shared with Bjørn Hatterud  [ no ] and Olaug Nilssen. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Hovdenakk, Sindre. "Jan Grue". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Kritikerprisen til Jan Grue". nffo.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  3. ↑ Grue, Jan (14 March 2023). "The disabled villain: why sensitivity reading can't kill off this ugly trope". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "Per Olov Enquists pris 2021 till Jan Grue". press.norstedtsforlagsgrupp.se (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  5. ↑ Arntzen, Jon Gunnar. "Fritt Ord". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
Awards
Preceded by Recipient of the Fritt Ord Award
shared with Bjørn Hatterud  [ no ] and Olaug Nilssen
2021		Succeeded by


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