Einar Økland (born 17 January 1940) is a Norwegian poet, playwright, essayist and children's writer. He was born in

Sveio Sveio is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county, Norway. Sveio is a border district that is sometimes considered to be located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Haugalandet since it is located on th ...

, and educated psychologist. He made his literary debut in 1963, with the poetry collection ''Ein gul dag''. He was awarded the Melsom Prize 1991 for ''Når ikkje anna er sagt'', and the

Dobloug Prize The Dobloug Prize (, ) 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. The prize sum is 4 * 150,000 Swedish crow ...

in 2000.

Drama

* ''Aberfan'' – drama (1969); NRK's magazine program Teaterspeilet featured excerpts from the original production at Bikuben stage in Oslo, with the roles played by Gudrun Waadeland,

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, and Bente Liseth (later changed her name to Bente Børsum). * ''Georg: Sit du godt?'' – drama (1968) (Together with

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) * ''Noah'' – play (2003)

Awards

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 ...

1978 * Aschehoug Prize 1988 * Melsom Prize 1992 * Nynorsk Literature Prize 1993 *

2000 * Gyldendal Prize 2007 * Språkprisen 2015 *

Brage Prize The Brage Prize (Norwegian: ''Brageprisen'') is a Norwegian literature prize that is awarded annually by the Norwegian Book Prize foundation (''Den norske bokprisen''). The prize recognizes recently published Norwegian literature. The Brage Pr ...

Honorary Award 2015

References

1940 births Living people 20th-century Norwegian poets Norwegian male poets Norwegian children's writers Dobloug Prize winners Nynorsk-language writers Norwegian male essayists 20th-century Norwegian essayists 20th-century Norwegian male writers People from Sveio {{Norway-writer-stub