Simen Ekern
{{Short description|Norwegian writer and journalist}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age |1975}}
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| nationality = Norwegian
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| occupation = Journalist, non-fiction writer
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| awards = Brage Prize (2011)
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Simen Ekern (born 1975) is a Norwegian journalist and non-fiction writer. He was awarded the Brage Prize in 2011. Since 2020 he has been assigned as foreign correspondent for NRK, based in Brussels.
Career
Educated as historian of ideas, Ekern worked as freelance journalist for various newspapers, including {{lang|no|Aftenposten}}, {{lang|no|Verdens Gang}}, {{lang|no|Dagens Næringsliv}} and {{lang|no|Dagbladet}}. He was subseauently freelancer for the television channel TV 2 and for {{lang|no|Morgenbladet}}.
He made his literary debut in 2006 with the book {{lang|no|Berlusconis Italia}}, about the Italian society. His second book {{lang|no|Roma}} from 2011, treats subcultures in the Italian capital Rome. For this book he was awarded the Brage Prize in 2011.{{Cite web |title=Simen Ekern fikk Brageprisen for Roma-bok |first=Marie L. |last=Kleve |first2=Thea |last2=Steen |date=24 October 2011 |url=https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/simen-ekern-fikk-brageprisen-for-roma-bok/63431341 |url-access=registration |website=dagbladet.no |language=no |access-date=27 July 2024}} In 2015 he wrote the book {{lang|no|Europeere}}. In 2017 he issued the book {{lang|no|Folket det er meg}}, about populism in Europe.{{Cite news |title=Mye bedre enn liberale demokrater til å bruke følelser og språk og metaforer som treffer folk i magen |first=Morten |last=Møst |date=15 September 2017 |url=https://www.dn.no/magasinet/profil/simen-ekern/politikk/silvio-berlusconi/-mye-bedre-enn-liberale-demokrater-til-a-bruke-folelser-og-sprak-og-metaforer-som-treffer-folk-i-magen/2-1-164179 |website=dn.no |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 July 2024 |language=no}}
In 2020 he was appointed as foreign correspondent for NRK in Brussels, succeeding {{ill|Philip Lote|no}}.{{Cite news |title=Wolasmal og Ekern nye korrespondenter for NRK |first=Aud |last=Darrud |date=26 March 2020 |url=https://www.nrk.no/urix/wolasmal-og-ekern-nye-korrespondenter-for-nrk-1.14959678 |website=nrk.no |access-date=27 July 2024 |language=no}}
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{{cite encyclopedia |title=Simen Ekern |first=Mette |last=Karlsvik |author-link=Mette Karlsvik |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad |editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Simen_Ekern |language=no |access-date=27 July 2024 }}
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Category:Norwegian non-fiction writers
Category:Norwegian journalists
Category:Norwegian television reporters and correspondents
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