Rune Belsvik
{{Short description|Norwegian writer (born 1956)}}
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| birth_place = Haugesund, Norway
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| occupation = Novelist, playwright, short story writer and children's writer
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- Brage Prize (2000)
- Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature (1996 and 2001)
- Teskjekjerringprisen (2006) }}
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Rune Belsvik (born 14 April 1956) is a Norwegian novelist, playwright, short story writer and children's writer.
Biography
Belsvik was born on 14 April 1956 in Haugesund, and grew up in Stord. He has education in health care, and worked at a hospital in Kvinnherad until becoming a full-time writer in 1983.
He made his literary debut in 1979 with the children's book Ingen drittunge lenger.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Rune Belsvik |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Rune_Belsvik |language=Norwegian|accessdate=8 September 2015}} He was awarded the Brage Prize for Ein naken gut in 2000.{{cite web |url=http://brageprisen.no/om-brageprisen/tidligere-vinnere/ |title=Brage. Den norske bokprisen. Tidligere vinnere |date= |language=Norwegian |accessdate=8 September 2015}} 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.{{cite web | url=http://www.kritikerlaget.no/pages/nor/422-mottakere_av_kritikerprisen_for_beste_barne_og_ungdomsbok | title=Kritikerlaget (Norwegian Critics' Prize) | publisher=kritikerlaget.no | work=Mottakere av kritikerprisen for beste barne- og ungdomsbok (Recipients of prizes for best youth book) | accessdate=8 September 2015 | author=Kritikerlaget / Norwegian Critics’ Association.}} He received the Cappelen Prize in 1984.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Cappelenprisen |first=Vidar |last=Iversen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Cappelenprisen |language=no |access-date=13 September 2022}}
Awards
- Brage Prize 2000
- Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature 1996 and 2001
- Teskjekjerringprisen 2006
References
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Otto Øgrim,
Helmut Ormestad,
Kåre Lunde}}
{{s-ttl | title = Recipient of the Cappelen Prize | years = 1984
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Ove Røsbak,
Karin Sveen) }}
{{s-aft | after = Kolbein Falkeid,
Arvid Hanssen}}
{{succession box|before=Erna Osland|after=Anne B. Ragde|title=Recipient of the Brage Prize for children and youth|years=2000}}
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Category:Norwegian children's writers
Category:Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature winners
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