Born: March 30, 1968
Nationality: Norwegian
Address: Sofienberggt. 2c, 0551 Oslo, Norway
Phone: +47 93690601
Email:gunstone68@yahoo.no
Author of:
Murskueteknikkane. Poetry collection. Oktober Publishing House 2012
Maud og Aud. Ein roman om trafikk. Novel. Oktober 2011
Den indre olding. Novel. Gyldendal Publishing House 2005
Kontoret. Novel. Gyldendal 2000
Translator of:
Willy Kyrklund: Polyfem forvandla/Meisteren Ma. Two novels, from Swedish. Samlaget Publishing House 2012
Mahmoud Darwish: Det er en sang, det er en sang. Poetry collection, from Arabic. With Wael Gallab. Gyldendal 2009.
Juliana Spahr: Alle med lunger kopla saman. Poetry collection, from English. With Ingrid Storholmen. Samlaget 2008.
Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe. Novel, from English. Notabene Publishing House 1998.
Work:
2009 Editor of translated poetry, Samlaget Publishing House
2005 Reader/literary advisor for Gyldendal and Samlaget
2005 Teacher of creative writing, i.a. at Høyskolen i Telemark
1998–2002: Journalist at NTB, the Norwegian News Agency
1996–2000: Co-writer of the annual Sportsboken, Notabene Publishing House
1998: Author/adaptor of the Norwegian version of Nagano 98 for the International Olympic Committee. Notabene Publishing House.
1994–1999: Textwriter for Nordic Entertainment Ltd.
1992–1998: Proofreader for various publishing houses
1991–1992: Civil service at the Fafo research institute
1989–1992: Interviewer for the Feedback Research market analysis institute
Education:
1989–1995: Bachelor degree from the University of Oslo (Literary Science, History of Ideas, French)
1994/95: Completed full-year course at the Academy of the Art of Writing, Bergen, Norway
Miscellaneous:
Nominated for the National Literature Award (Brageprisen) 2011.
Co-host of Kokoro, a monthly literary café in Oslo, since 2009
Founder and Captain of the Norwegian Writers’ National Football Team, since 2008
The Booksellers’ Scholarship 2007.
Languages read: English, French, German, some Spanish, all Scandinavian
Languages spoken: English, French, Swedish, some German
