Gunnhild Øyehaug
Illustration — Gunnhild Øyehaug at Bergen Public Library Gunnhild Øyehaug (born 9 January 1975, Volda Municipality, Norway) is a Norwegian poet, writer and lecturer.
Gunnhild Øyehaug
Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek · Litterær lunsj med Gunnhild Øyehaug · CC BY 2.0
- Born
- 1975 · Volda Municipality.
- Nationality
- Norway
- Occupation
- poet · writer · literary scholar
- Education
- University of Bergen
- Honours
- Dobloug Prize · Tanum's Women's Scholarship · Bjornson scholarship · Hunger Award · Nynorsk Literature Prize · The Prince Eugen Culture Prize
- Languages
- Nynorsk
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Illustration — Gunnhild Øyehaug at Bergen Public Library Gunnhild Øyehaug (born 9 January 1975, Volda Municipality, Norway) is a Norwegian poet, writer and lecturer.
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Gunnhild Øyehaug (born 1975) is a literary scholar, poet and writer, of Norwegian nationality. The literary scholar was born in Volda Municipality. Gunnhild Øyehaug was educated at University of Bergen.
Languages used include Nynorsk. Honours include Amalie Skram Award, Aschehoug Prize and Bjornson scholarship, among others.
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She made her literary debut in 1998 with a collection of poems "Slaven av blåbæret" (t: Slave of the Blueberry). Her second book, Knutar (t: Knots), a collection of short stories, proved very popular in 2004 and was nominated for the Brage Prize of the Norwegian Publisher's Association. Øyehaug took her M.A. in Comparative Literature at the University of Bergen. She has been co-editor of "Vagant", the leading literary journal in Norway, and literary critic for the newspapers "Morgenbladet" and »Klassekampen«. She has taught literary theory at University of Bergen and has also worked to promote literature in various ways. She now also co-edits the literary journal "Kraftsentrum." With film director, Yngvild Sve Flikke, she adapted Vente, blinke into a screenplay which was released as Kvinner i for store herreskjorter (t: Women in Oversized Men's Shirts) in 2015.
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Gunnhild Øyehaug is recorded with the occupation literary scholar. Recorded as poet, writer and literary scholar.
Litterær lunsj med Gunnhild Øyehaug
Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek · Litterær lunsj med Gunnhild Øyehaug
Litterær lunsj med Gunnhild Øyehaug
Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek · Litterær lunsj med Gunnhild Øyehaug
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1975
Gunnhild Øyehaug born at Volda Municipality.
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- 1.Gunnhild Øyehaug in Store norske leksikon
- 2.Flikke, Yngvild Sve. Women in Oversized Men's Shirts. 2015-03-06.
- 3.5 Great Books You May Have Missed in June. Literary Hub. 2018-07-11.
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- Slaven av blåbæret (Poetry, 1998)
- Knutar (Short stories, 2004) (English edition: Knots: Stories, translated by Kari Dickson, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017)
- Stol og ekstase (Essays and short stories, 2006)
- Vente, blinke (Novel, 2008) (English edition: Wait Blink: A Perfect Picture of Inner Life, translated by Kari Dickson, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018)
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Recognition and collections. Øyehaug received Dobloug Prize, Tanum's Women's Scholarship, Bjornson scholarship, Hunger Award, Nynorsk Literature Prize and The Prince Eugen Culture Prize.
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