Knausgård, Karl Ove
Nominated to the 2004 Nordic Council’s Literature Prize & awarded the 2004 Norwegian Critics’ Prize.Karl Ove Knausgård (b 1968) made his literary debut in 1998 with the widely acclaimed novel OUT OF THE WORLD, which was a great critical and commercial success and won him, as the first debut novel ever, The Norwegian Critics' Prize. He has since recieved two literary prizes for his books.
Praise for Knausgård's writing:
"Knausgård delivers, but his book leaves us with a savage thirst for more... I must confess it is some time since I experienced such pain in reading a novel. Karl Ove Knausgård writes so it hurts. It is as if he transfers the self-inflicted wound of his novel onto his reader. But this is a wound from which, in the long run I think I will grow wise - or at least a little wiser. I want more novels from Knausgård, I want this book-cycle to continue, even if it costs me both my health and good nights’ sleep."
(NRK Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, on a TIME TO EVERY PURPOSE UNDER HEAVEN)
Read Karl Ove Knausgård's top 10 list of books depicting the nature of angels in The Guardian here.
Selected bibliography & translations
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| 2009 | Min kamp. Første bok | My Struggle - First Book |
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| 2004 | En tid for alt | A Time to Every Purpose Under Heaven |
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| 1998 | Ute av verden | Out of the World |
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