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Harald Rosenløw Eeg

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Harald Rosenløw Eeg
Harald Rosenløw Eeg at Gothenburg Book Fair 2012
Harald Rosenløw Eeg at Gothenburg Book Fair 2012
Born (1970-08-18) 18 August 1970 (age 54)
Tønsberg, Norway
OccupationNovelist, script writer
NationalityNorwegian
Period1995–present
GenreYouth novels

Harald Rosenløw Eeg (born 18 August 1970) is a Norwegian novelist and script writer. He made his literary début in 1995 with the youth novel Glasskår, for which he was awarded the Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris.[1][2] Eeg also wrote the script for a film with the same name from 2002.[3]: 165  He wrote the script for Hawaii, Oslo, directed by Erik Poppe and released in 2004,[3]: 202  and for the film Uro from 2006, directed by Stefan Faldbakken.[3]: 231  The 2008 film Troubled Water, directed by Poppe, was based on a script by Eeg.[3]: 282-283  The film won the audience prize for best narrative feature film at the 16th Hamptons International Film Festival in 2008.[4]

Eeg was awarded the Brage Prize in 2004 for the youth novel Yatzy.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Harald Rosenløw Eeg". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  2. ^ Rottem, Øystein (1998). Norges Litteraturhistorie. Etterkrigslitteraturen (in Norwegian). Vol. 3. Oslo: Cappelen. pp. 813–814. ISBN 82-02-16426-5.
  3. ^ a b c d Holst, Jan Erik, ed. (2011). Filmen i Norge. Norske kinofilmer 1995–2011 (in Norwegian). Gyldendal. ISBN 978-82-05-41398-6.
  4. ^ Brooks, Brian (19 October 2008). "Dispatch from the Hamptons: Troubled Water, Herb and Dorothy Dominate at 16th Hamptons Fest". indieWire. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
Awards
Preceded by Recipient of the Brage Prize for children and youth
1997
Succeeded by
Preceded by Recipient of the Brage Prize for children and youth
2004
Succeeded by