Gro Dahle (born 15 May 1962) is a Norwegian poet and writer.

Early life

Dahle was born in

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, and is the daughter of businessman Øystein Dahle. She grew up in Tønsberg, Aruba and

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. She began studying psychology and English literature at

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and got her B.A. She went to further study creative writing at Telemark University College.

Career

Dahle made her literary début in 1987 with ''Audiens'' (''Audience''), a collection of poetry. Since then Dahle has written over 50 books in different genres, poetry collections, three novels, three novellas, short stories, children' s theatre pieces, radio plays, essays and children's books. Several picture books for

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arose from collaboration with her husband, Norwegian illustrator and author Svein Nyhus. Dahle has received several national awards for her work. In 1999 she was the official festival poet at the Bergen International Festival. In 2002 she won the Brage Prize for literature for ''Snill'' (''Nice''), a picture book for children, and in 2003 the Best Children's Book Prize from the Norwegian Ministry of Culture for ''Sinna Mann'' (''Angry Man''), a book about a boy witnessing domestic violence. Dahle is a stylistically naïve, imaginative and burlesque writer often focusing on

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problems and relations. She also gives lectures in creative writing in Norway and Sweden. In 2013 ''A Hundred Thousand Hours'' (original Norwegian title ''Hundre tusen timer'', 1996) was published in English.

Personal life

Dahle lives and works on the island Tjøme. She has Asperger syndrome.

Honours and awards

*1998: Vestfolds Litteraturpris *1998: Aschehoug PrizeVG om Aschehougprisen til Gro Dahle 1998
/ref> *2000: Cappelen Prize *2002: Brage Prize for picture book ''Snill'' (with illustrator Svein Nyhus) *2003: TeskjekjerringprisenTønsbergs Blad om Teskjekjerringprisen til Gro Dahle 2003
*2003: Kultur- og kirkedepartementets bildebokpris for barne- og ungdomslitteratur for ''Sinna Mann'' (sammen med Svein Nyhus) *2014: Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature for the year's best children's or youth's literature (with illustrator Svein Nyhus) *2015: Triztan Vindtorn Poesipris - Norwegian poetry award

References

External links

Presentation and bibliography from the Norwegian publisher
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dahle, Gro 1962 births Living people Norwegian writers 20th-century Norwegian poets Norwegian children's writers Writers from Oslo Norwegian women poets Norwegian women children's writers 20th-century Norwegian women writers People with Asperger syndrome Autistic writers Norwegian people with disabilities Writers from Tønsberg