Norwegian poet, writer and lecturer Gunnhild Øyehaug at Bergen Public Library

Gunnhild Øyehaug (born 9 January 1975, Volda, Norway) is a Norwegian poet, writer and lecturer.

Literary career

She made her literary debut in 1998 with a collection of poems "Slaven av blåbæret" (t: Slave of the Blueberry).

Her second book, Knutar (t: Knots), a collection of short stories, proved very popular in 2004 and was nominated for the Brage Prize of the Norwegian Publisher's *ociation.

Øyehaug took her M.A. in Comparative Literature at the University of Bergen. She has been co-editor of "Vagant", the leading literary journal in Norway, and literary critic for the newspapers "Morgenbladet" and »Kl*ekampen«. She has taught literary theory at University of Bergen and has also worked to promote literature in various ways. She now also co-edits the literary journal "Kraftsentrum."

With film director, Yngvild Sve Flikke, she adapted Vente, blinke into a screenplay which was released as Kvinner i for store herreskjorter (t: Women in Oversized Men's Shirts) in 2015.

Bibliography

• Slaven av blåbæret (Poetry, 1998)
• Knutar (Short stories, 2004) (English edition: Knots: Stories, translated by Kari Dickson, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017)
• Stol og ekstase (Essays and short stories, 2006)
• Vente, blinke (Novel, 2008) (English edition: Wait Blink: A Perfect Picture of Inner Life, translated by Kari Dickson, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018)

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