Rune Belsvik (born 14 April 1956) is a
Norwegian novelist, playwright, short story writer and children's writer.
Belsvik was born in
Stord. He made his literary debut in 1979 with the children's book ''Ingen drittunge lenger''.
He was awarded the
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 Pri ...
for ''Ein naken gut'' in 2000. He received the
Norwegian Critics Prize for Children's Literature in 1996 for ''Dustefjerten og den store vårdagen'', and again in 2001, for ''Verdens mest forelska par''. He received the
Cappelen Prize in 1984.
Awards
*
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 Pri ...
2000
*
Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature 1996 and 2001
*''Teskjekjerringprisen'' 2006
References
1956 births
Living people
Norwegian children's writers
Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature winners
People from Stord
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