Åsne Seierstad

1970 -

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

genre: documentary literature

country of citizenship: Norway

languages spoken, written or signed: Norwegian

educated at: University of Oslo

occupation: journalist, author

award received: Norwegian Booksellers' Prize, Premio Fredrikke, Peer Gynt Literary Award, Fritt Ord Award, The great journalism award, Rhinos Price, Torgny Segerstedts frihetspenna, Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding, Brage Prize

Åsne Seierstad (born 10 February 1970) is a Norwegian freelance journalist and writer, best known for her accounts of everyday life in war zones – most notably Kabul after 2001, Baghdad in 2002 and the ruined Grozny in 2006. Source: Wikipedia (en)