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Gro Dahle

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Gro Dahle

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1962-05-15 (Oslo)
Nationality
Norway
Languages
Norwegian
Residence History
Oslo → Tønsberg → Aruba → New Jersey → Tjøme

Career

Occupations
Poet, Writer of children's books
Active Years
1987-

Education

University of Oslo
Faculty of Humanities / Psychology and English literature
Degree: B.A.
Country: Norway
Telemark University College
Creative writing
Country: Norway

Awards

Brage Prize
2002
Work: Snill
Category: 児童・YA部門
Result: 受賞
Cappelen Prize
2000
Result: 受賞
Aschehoug Prize
1998
Result: 受賞
Kultur- og kirkedepartementets bildebokpris
2003
Work: Sinna Mann
Category: 児童・青少年文学
Organization: Norwegian Ministry of Culture
Result: 受賞
Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature
2014
Category: 年間最優秀児童・YA文学
Result: 受賞
Triztan Vindtorn Poesipris
2015
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Audiens

1987 Poetry

Literary debut poetry collection

Psychological

Snill

2002 Picture book

Children's picture book

Niceness

Sinna Mann

2003 Children's book

Book about a boy witnessing domestic violence

Domestic violence

A Hundred Thousand Hours

1996 Novel

Style & Themes

Literary Style
naïveimaginativeburlesque
Recurring Motifs
psychological problemsrelations

Health

  • Asperger syndrome
    Publicly disclosed

Legacy

Norwegian poet and children's book writer

Trivia

  • Married to illustrator Svein Nyhus
  • Daughter of businessman Øystein Dahle
  • Official festival poet at Bergen International Festival in 1999