Frode Grytten
Illustration — Frode Grytten, 2007. A Norwegian writer and journalist. Frode Grytten was born 11 December 1960 in Bergen and a native of Odda Municipality, he is the author of the Brage Prize-winning novels Bikubesong ("Song of the Beehive") and Den dagen Nils Vik døde ("The Day Nils Vik Died") as well as other short stories and poems.
Frode Grytten
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- Born
- 1960 · Bergen.
- Nationality
- Norway
- Occupation
- writer · journalist · poet · novelist
- Fields
- children's and young adult · crime
- Movements
- Postmodernism
- Honours
- Brage Award for Fiction · The Norwegian Language Council's Språkpris · Riverton Prize · Nynorsk Literature Prize · Samlagsprisen · Sigmund Skard Fellowship
- Languages
- Norwegian · Nynorsk
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Illustration — Frode Grytten, 2007. A Norwegian writer and journalist. Frode Grytten was born 11 December 1960 in Bergen and a native of Odda Municipality, he is the author of the Brage Prize-winning novels Bikubesong ("Song of the Beehive") and Den dagen Nils Vik døde ("The Day Nils Vik Died") as well as other short stories and poems.
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1960
Frode Grytten born at Bergen.
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Frode Grytten received Brage Award for Fiction, The Norwegian Language Council's Språkpris, Riverton Prize, Nynorsk Literature Prize, Samlagsprisen and Sigmund Skard Fellowship.
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His works have been translated into Swedish, Danish, Finnish, German, Dutch, French, English, Albanian, Croatian, Macedonian and Chinese. He is one of three writers to win the Norwegian Brage Prize for adult fiction twice. His journalism includes work for the local newspaper Bergens Tidende as well as the Oslo-based Dagbladet.
The recorded working language is Norwegian and Nynorsk. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are children's and young adult and crime. Distinctions recorded are Brage Award for Fiction, The Norwegian Language Council's Språkpris, Riverton Prize and Nynorsk Literature Prize.
• Brage Prize 1999, for Bikubesong • Sigmund Skard-stipendet 2000 • Norsk språkpris 2003 • Rivertonprisen 2005, for Flytande bjørn • Samlagsprisen 2006 • Nynorsk Literature Prize 2007, for Rom ved havet, rom i byen • Melsom-prisen 2008, for Rom ved havet, rom i byen • Brage Prize 2023, for Den dagen Nils Vik døde
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