Olaug Nilssen
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| Born | 1977 (age 43–44) Førde, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Occupation | Novelist, playwright, children's writer, essayist and magazine editor |
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Olaug Nilssen (born 1977) is a Norwegian novelist, playwright, children's writer, essayist and magazine editor. She was born in Førde. Among her early novels are Innestengt i udyr from 1998 and Vi har så korte armar from 2002. Her novel Få meg på, for faen from 2005 was adapted for theatre, and was also basis for the 2011 film Turn Me On, Dammit!, directed by Jannicke Systad Jacobsen. The film received the Screenplay award at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival. Among her plays are Skyfri himmel, which was staged at Rogaland Teater in 2006, and Stort og stygt from 2013.[1]
Her novel Tung tids tale from 2017 earned her the Brage Prize.[1] She was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 2019.[2][3]
References[]
- ^ a b Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Olaug Nilssen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ^ "Ernst Brunner och Olaug Nilssen prisas av Svenska Akademien". albertbonniersforlag.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ^ "Doblougska priset". svenskaakademien.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 December 2019.
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