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Håkon Øvreås
Håkon Øvreås (born 1974) is a Norway, Norwegian poet and writer. He is best known for his debut work of children's literature, ''Brune'' (''Brown'', 2013), the first of a planned trilogy. The book was successful commercially and won numerous awards, among them: * the Norwegian Ministry of Culture's Literature Prize (Best Children's and Young Adults Book) in 2013 * the Trollkrittet Prize (Norwegian children's/YA book writers' debut prize) in 2013 * the Nordic Council Literature Prize for Children and Young Adults in 2014 * the Dutch Zilveren Griffel (Silver Pencil) in 2015, * the German Luchs des Jahres (Best Children and YA Book) in 2016 * the 2020 Batchelder Award given by the American Library Association (given to Kari Dickson's English translation). ''Brune'' was also nominated for the Brage Prize 2013. The translation rights for the trilogy have been sold into 30 languages. References 1974 births Living people Norwegian writers {{Norway-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Haakon, also spelled Håkon (in Norway), Hakon (in Denmark), Håkan (in Sweden),Oxford Dictionary of First Names Patrick Hanks, Kate Hardcastle, Flavia Hodges - 2006 "Håkon Norwegian: from the Old Norse personal name Hákon or Háukon, from hā 'horse' or 'high' + konr 'son, descendant'; borne by Haakon VII of Norway (1872–1957), and by Crown Prince Haakon Magnus (b. 1973). SWEDISH: Håkan. DANISH: Hakon, Hagen. Halfdan From an Old Norse personal name, originally a byname for ..." or Háukon or Hákon, is an older spelling of the modern Norwegian form of the Old Norwegian masculine first name ''Hákon'' meaning "High Son" from ''há'' (high, chosen) and ''konr'' (son, descendant, kin). An old English form is Hacon as in Haconby, ''Hacon's Village''. The name appears in Scottish Gaelic as Àcainn, as seen in the place-name Kyleakin, meaning 'Haakon's Narrows', being named after King Haakon IV of Norway. Haakon or Håkon was the name of several Norwegian rulers (see List of Norweg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |