Einar Økland

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Einar Økland (born 1940) is a Norwegian lyricist, playwright, essayist and children's writer.

He made his literary debut in 1963, with the poetry collection Ein gul dag. He was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature for the children's book Sikk-sakk.^[1] He was awarded the Melsom Prize 1991 for Når ikkje anna er sagt,^[1] and the Dobloug Prize in 2000.^[1]

Awards

Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature 1978
Aschehoug Prize 1988
Melsom Prize 1992
Nynorsk Literature Prize 1993
Dobloug Prize 2000
Gyldendal Prize 2007

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Einar Økland" (in Norwegian). Samlaget. Retrieved 2008-10-21.

Awards
Preceded by Jon Fosse and Åse-Marie Nesse	Recipient of the Dobloug Prize 2000 (shared with Jan Kjærstad)	Succeeded by Svein Jarvoll and Thorvald Steen

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 93369067 LCCN: n80008891 ISNI: 0000 0001 2143 8130 GND: 119141566 SELIBR: 230713 BNF: cb12236297m

Persondata
Name	Okland, Einar
Alternative names
Short description	Norwegian writer
Date of birth	1940
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