Tone Birkeland

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Tone Birkeland
Born (1947-05-08) 8 May 1947 (age 77)
Bergen
Alma mater University of Bergen
Awards Brage Prize

Tone Birkeland (born 8 May 1947) is a Norwegian literary scholar who has contributed to research on children's literature and picture books.

Career

Born in Bergen on 8 May 1947, Birkeland graduated as cand.philol. from the University of Bergen in 1973. Spending most of her career at Høgskolen i Bergen  [ no ], her research has focused on children's literature and picture books. [1]

For the textbook Soria Moria she was awarded the Brage Prize in 1992, along with Håkon Askeland, Ingeborg Askeland, Anna A. Knudsen, Øyvind Knudsen, and Kjersti Werner. [2]

Her work Norsk barneliteraturhistorie earned her the Kari Skjønsberg Prize  [ no ] in 1997, shared with co-authors Gunvor Risa  [ no ] and Karin Beate Vold  [ no ]. [1] [3] In his literary history from 1998, Øystein Rottem particularly mentions Norsk barneliteraturhistorie as an important source for the treatment of children’s literature in his work. [4] : 12 

References

  1. 1 2 Askeland, Norunn. "Tone Birkeland". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  2. ↑ Nilsen, Anna Grete. "Brageprisen". In Brodal, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  3. ↑ Arneberg, Sofie. "Kari Skjønsberg-prisen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  4. ↑ Rottem, Øystein (1998). Norges Litteraturhistorie. Etterkrigslitteraturen (in Norwegian). Vol. 3. Oslo: Cappelen. ISBN   82-02-16426-5.


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