Frode Grytten is a Norwegian

Norway

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 writer

Writer

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 and journalist

Journalist

A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...

. He is the author of the Brage Prize

Brage Prize

The Brage Prize is a Norwegian literature prize that is awarded annually by the Norwegian Book Prize foundation...

-winning novel Bikubesong ('Song of the Beehive'), and other collections of short stories and poetry. His works have been translated into Swedish, Danish, Finnish, German, Dutch, French, English, Albanian, Croatian and Chinese.

Grytten is a native of the industrial town Odda

Odda

is a municipality and town in the county of Hordaland, Norway. Odda was separated from Ullensvang on 1 July 1913 and on 1 January 1964 Røldal was merged with Odda. The town of Odda is the centre of the landscape of Hardanger, located at the end of the Hardangerfjord.In 1927, Erling Johnson,...

, which often features in his work.

As a journalist he has mainly worked for Bergens Tidende

Bergens Tidende

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, the local newspaper of Bergen

Bergen

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, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. He is also writing for the Oslo-based national newspaper Dagbladet

Dagbladet

Dagbladet is Norway's second largest tabloid newspaper, and the third largest newspaper overall with a circulation of 105,255 copies in 2009, 18,128 papers less than in 2008. The editor in chief is Lars Helle....

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Awards

• Brage Prize
  Brage Prize
  The Brage Prize is a Norwegian literature prize that is awarded annually by the Norwegian Book Prize foundation...
  
   1999, for Bikubesong
• Sigmund Skard-stipendet 2000
• Norsk språkpris 2003
• Rivertonprisen 2005, for Flytande bjørn
• Samlagsprisen 2006
• Nynorsk Literature Prize
  Nynorsk Literature Prize
  The Nynorsk Literature Prize is awarded annually by Noregs Mållag, Det Norske Teatret and Det Norske Samlaget for the best book in either Nynorsk or dialect...
  
   2007, for Rom ved havet, rom i byen
• Melsom-prisen 2008, for Rom ved havet, rom i byen