Helga Gunerius Eriksen

Helga G. Eriksen
Helga Gunerius Eriksen.
Born
Helga Gunerius Eriksen

(1950-10-11) 11 October 1950 (age 76)
Stavanger, Norway
OccupationsLiterature, Writer
Years active1986 – presents
AwardsBrage Prize

Helga Gunerius Eriksen (born 11 October 1950) is a Norwegian novelist and children's writer.

She made her literary debut in 1986 with the children's book På stripejakt. Among her other children's books are Båten i treet from 1988, Vi kjem frå havet from 1998, and Flugepapir from 2003, which earned her the Brage Prize. Among her novels is Rut from 2002.

She was awarded the Critics Prize for the year's best children's or youth's literature for Finn Inga! in 1991.

References

  1. ↑ "Helga Gunerius Eriksen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  2. ↑ Rottem, Øystein (1998). Norges Litteraturhistorie. Etterkrigslitteraturen (in Norwegian). Vol. 3. Oslo: Cappelen. p. 810. ISBN 82-02-16426-5.