Torun Lian (born 15 January 1956) is a Norwegian playwright, film director and novelist. She made her literary début in 1988 with the collection ''Tre skuespill'', for which she was awarded the Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. In 1995 she was awarded with the

Nordic Children's Book Prize The Nordic Children's Book Prize (Danish: Nordisk Skolebibliotekarforenings Børnebogspris also called Nordisk Børnebogspris) is a children's literary prize which was established in 1985 by the Nordic Association of School Librarians (Nordisk Skole ...

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/ref> Among her films are ''Bare skyer beveger stjernene'' from 1998, and ''Ikke naken, ikke kledt'' (engl. The Color of Milk) from 2000.

Bibliography

The titles are in Norwegian: *''Tre skuespill'' – play (1988) *''Den som beveger seg langsomt beveger seg'' – play (1989) *''Frida'' – ungdomsbok (1990) *''Frida – med hjertet i hånden'' – youth novel (1991), collection of the Frida books published in 2000 *''Lengtere'' – play (1994) *''Bare skyer beveger stjernene'' – youth novel (1994) *''Ikke naken ikke kledt'' – youth novel (2000) *''Adam den tredje i fjerde'' – children's book (2005) *''Undrene i vår familie'' – novel (2008) *''Alice Andersen'' – children's book (2014) *''Reserveprinsesse Andersen'' – children's book (2015) *''Alice svømmer ikke'' – children's book (2016) *''Alice og alt du ikke vet og godt er det'' – children's book (2017)

Prizes

* Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris 1988, for ''Tre skuespill'' (Three plays) * Amanda Award for Best Screenplay (1990), for the TV-series ''Frida'' *Prix Jeunesse, for the TV-series ''Frida'' *Nordische Filmtage, main prize (1991), for ''Frida med hjertet i hånden'' * Amanda Award for Best Screenplay (1991), for ''Frida med hjertet i hånden'' * Amanda Award for Best Film (1991), for ''Frida med hjertet i hånden'' *

(1995), for ''Bare skyer beveger stjernene'' * Amanda Award for Best Film (1998), for ''Bare skyer beveger stjernene'' *Beste nordiske barnefilm (1998), for ''Bare skyer beveger stjernene'' * Filmkriterprisen (1998), for ''Bare skyer beveger stjernene'' *

Telenor Culture Award Telenor Culture Prize, titled 'Boundless Communication', is given annually to performing artists or organizations that have made an extraordinary contribution within culture in Scandinavia, but who also are established internationally. The prize w ...

(1999) *

Sonja Hagemanns Children's and Youth Book Prize Sonia, Sonja or Sonya, a name of Greek origin meaning wisdom, may refer to: People * Sonia (name), a feminine given name (lists people named, Sonia, Sonja and Sonya) :* Sonia (actress), Indian film actress in Malayalam and Tamil films :* Sonia ...

2000, for ''Ikke naken ikke kledt'' *Ingmar Bergman Prize (2000) * Amanda Prize for Best Screenplay 2010, for ''Vegas''

References

1956 births Norwegian dramatists and playwrights Norwegian film directors Norwegian women film directors Norwegian children's writers Living people Norwegian women children's writers Norwegian women dramatists and playwrights {{Norway-writer-stub