Jonny Halberg
Encyclopedia
Jonny Halberg is a Norwegian author
and dramatist, now living in Moss
, Jeløya
. He studied at Forfatterstudiet i Bø. Halberg was the editor of the magazine Vagant in 1998. He has been translated to many languages.
Author
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and dramatist, now living in Moss
Moss
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, Jeløya
Jeløya
Jeløya is an island located in the municipality of Moss in Østfold County, Norway.-History:Jeløya was actually a peninsula in the Oslofjord, but was divided from the mainland in 1855 by the Moss canal a 20 meter broad canal that was built through the low isthmus. The Canal Bridge is the...
. He studied at Forfatterstudiet i Bø. Halberg was the editor of the magazine Vagant in 1998. He has been translated to many languages.
Novels
- Trass (1996)
- Flommen (2000)
- En uskyldig tid (2002)
- Gå til fjellet (2004)
- Tvillingen (2006)
- All verdens ulykker (2007)
Dramas
- Budbringeren – film script (1998) (with Pål Sletaune)
- Amatørene – film script (2001) (with Pål Sletaune)
Prizes
- Sult-prisen 1998
- P2-lytternes romanpris 2000, for Flommen
- Kritikerprisen 2000, for Flommen
- Språklig samlings litteraturpris 2001
External links
- NRK: sound files with Jonny Halberg
- Jonny Halberg at NRK Authors
- Jonny Halberg at Dagbladet AuthorsDagbladetDagbladet 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....
- Jonny Halberg at Aftenposten AlexAftenpostenAftenposten is Norway's largest newspaper. It retook this position in 2010, taking it from the tabloid Verdens Gang which had been the largest newspaper for several decades. It is based in Oslo. The morning edition, which is distributed across all of Norway, had a circulation of 250,179 in 2007...