Monica Isakstuen

{{Short description|Norwegian writer from Fredrikstad}}

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• Novelist
• Playwright }}

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| awards = Brage Prize (2016)

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Monica Isakstuen (born 19 October 1976) is a Norwegian writer from Fredrikstad. She made her literary debut in 2008 with the poetry collection Sånn, borte. In 2009 she released her first novel, Avstand, in 2011 the poetry collection Alltid nyheter, and in 2014 the novel Om igjen.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Monica Isakstuen |first1=Mette |last1=Karlsvik |authorlink=Mette Karlsvik |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Monica_Isakstuen |language=Norwegian |accessdate=11 March 2021}}{{cite web| url=https://www.forfatterkatalogen.no/forfattere/monica-isakstuen/ |website=forfatterkatalogen.no |title=Monica Isakstuen |language=Norwegian |accessdate=11 March 2021}} She was awarded the Brage Prize for 2016, for her novel Vær snill med dyrene.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Brageprisen |first1=Anne Grete |last1=Nilsen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Brageprisen |language=Norwegian |accessdate=11 March 2021}} In 2018 she released the play Se på meg når jeg snakker til deg. Her later novels are Rase (2018), and Mine venner (1921).