Rune Belsvik | |
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Born | Haugesund, Norway | 14 April 1956
Occupation(s) | Novelist, playwright, short story writer and children's writer |
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Rune Belsvik (born 14 April 1956) is a Norwegian novelist, playwright, short story writer and children's writer.
Belsvik was born on 14 April 1956 in Haugesund,[1] 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.[1]
He made his literary debut in 1979 with the children's book Ingen drittunge lenger.[1] He was awarded the Brage Prize for Ein naken gut in 2000.[2] 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.[3] He received the Cappelen Prize in 1984.[4]