Karl Ove Knausgård

1968 -

Country of citizenship: Norvegia

Languages spoken, written or signed: limba norvegiană, limba engleză

Educated at: University of Bergen, Kristiansand Cathedral School

Occupation: romancier, autobiograf, scriitor

Award received: Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature, Brage Award for Fiction, Bjornson scholarship, Gyldendal prize, Norwegian P2 listener's literature award, Aust-Agder County Culture Award, Rhinos Price, Jerusalem Prize, Premiul Statului Austriac pentru literatură europeană, Swedish Academy Nordic Prize

Student of: Tomas Espedal

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Karl Ove Knausgård (Norwegian: [kɑːl ˈûːvə ˈknæ̂ʉsɡoːr]; born 6 December 1968) is a Norwegian author. He became known worldwide for a series of six autobiographical novels titled My Struggle (Min Kamp). The Wall Street Journal has described him as "one of the 21st century's greatest literary sensations". Since the completion of the My Struggle series in 2011, he has also published an autobiographical series entitled The Seasons Quartet, as well as critical work on the art of Edvard Munch. Knausgård has won the 2009 Brage Prize, 2017 Jerusalem Prize, and 2019 Swedish Academy Nordic Prize. Source: Wikipedia (en)