Beate Grimsrud (28 April 1963 – 1 July 2020) was a Norwegian novelist, short story writer, children's writer, scriptwriter and playwright.

Literary career

Grimsrud was born in

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and settled in Sweden. Among her books are ''Continental Heaven'' from 1993, ''Å smyge forbi en øks'' from 1998, and ''Søvnens lekkasje '' from 2007. Her novel ''En dåre fri'' from 2010 was awarded the

Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature The Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature (''Den norske Kritikerprisen for litteratur'' or ''Kritikerprisen'') is awarded by the Norwegian Literature Critics' Association (''Norsk Litteraturkritikerlag'') and has been awarded every year since 1950 ...

. She wrote the script for the film ''

Ballen i øyet ''Ballen i øyet'' ( en, Ball in the eye}) is a 2000 Norwegian comedy film directed by Catrine Telle, starring Laila Goody. Denise (Goody) is heavily short sighted, but still plays football Football is a family of team sports that involv ...

'' from 2000. Her children's books include ''Klar ferdig gå!'' from 2007, ''Alba og Adam'' (2008), and ''Dinosaurene og de dansende trærne'' (2009). She was awarded the

Dobloug Prize The Dobloug Prize ( sv, Doblougska priset, no, Doblougprisen) is a literature prize awarded for Swedish and Norwegian fiction. The prize is named after Norwegian businessman and philanthropist Birger Dobloug (1881–1944) pursuant to his bequest. T ...

in 2011. Grimsrud died in Stockholm on 1 July 2020.

References

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