Events in the year 1963 in Norway.
Events in the year 1977 in Norway.
Events in the year 1975 in Norway.
Karsten Alnæs is a Norwegian author, historian, and journalist, who has dual degrees in history and literature from the University of Oslo. He worked as a journalist and taught at the Norwegian School of Journalism. His bibliography includes 15 novels, 3 children’s books, a collection of novellas, and a number of non–fiction works.
Guri Vesaas is a Norwegian writer and translator of children's books, and former editor at the publishing house Samlaget.
Paal-Helge Haugen is a Norwegian poet, novelist, dramatist and children's writer who has published over 30 books. His titles have been translated into at least 20 languages. His 1968 "punktroman" or "pointillist novel," Anne, was the first in its genre and was soon considered a modern classic. In 2019, Hanging Loose Press published the first English translation of Anne], after Julia Johanne Tolo's translation of the book won the sixth annual Loose Translations Prize, jointly sponsored by Hanging Loose Press and the graduate writing program of Queens College, City University of New York.
Einar Økland is a Norwegian poet, playwright, essayist and children's writer.
Events in the year 1957 in Norway.
Events in the year 1971 in Norway.
Fritt Ord Award consists of two prizes awarded by the Fritt Ord Foundation. Two prizes are awarded in support of freedom of speech and freedom of expression; the Fritt Ord Award and the Fritt Ord Honorary Award . These are awards are distributed annually during the month of May in connection with the anniversary of the liberation of Norway at the end of World War II in May 1945. Prizes are awarded to one or more persons or organizations that have contributed to areas where the organization works, especially in the work of freedom of expression. In addition to a monetary reward, the award includes a statue by sculptor Nils Aas.
Ingeborg Arvola is a Norwegian novelist and children's writer.
Inghill Johansen is a Norwegian writer. She made her literary debut in 1991 with the novel Hjertehvitt. Later books include Suge (1996), Klage (2001) and Forsvinne (2009). She was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 2016.
Ida Börjel is a Swedish poet.
Ulf Eriksson is a Swedish writer and literary critic.
Karin Gundersen is a Norwegian literary scholar and translator. A professor of French literature at the University of Oslo, she is also a translator of French literary works. She was awarded the Bastian Prize in 1993, for her translation of Stendhal's novel The Charterhouse of Parma into Norwegian. She received the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 2006, for translation of Stendhal's autobiography The Life of Henry Brulard into Norwegian langue. She was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 2006.
Ernst Brunner is a Swedish writer and literary scholar.
Monica Isakstuen is a Norwegian writer from Fredrikstad. She made her literary debut in 2008 with the poetry collection Sånn, borte. In 2009 she released her first novel, Avstand, in 2011 the poetry collection Alltid nyheter, and in 2014 the novel Om igjen. She was awarded the Brage Prize for 2016, for her novel Vær snill med dyrene. In 2018 she released the play Se på meg når jeg snakker til deg. Her later novels are Rase (2018), and Mine venner (1921).
Nils Sletta was a Norwegian actor.
Kjartan Hatløy is a Norwegian poet, and winner of the Dobloug Prize 2021.
Jan Grue is a Norwegian writer, academic and actor.
