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Something wrong?Karl Ove Knausgård is a Norwegian author. He became known worldwide for a series of six autobiographical novels titled My Struggle. The Wall Street Journal has described him as "one of the 21st century's greatest literary sensations".
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2025Aschehoug PrizeAward2019Swedish Academy Nordic PrizeAward2017Austrian State Prize for European LiteratureAwardJerusalem PrizeAward2015Premio MalaparteAward2012Aust-Agder County Culture AwardAward2011Gyldendal PrizeAwardNeshornprisenAward2009Brage Award for FictionAwardNorwegian P2 listener's literature awardAward2004Norwegian P2 listener's literature awardAward1999Bjornson scholarshipAward1998Norwegian Critics Prize for LiteratureAward1968Born6 December 1968
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Spouse: Linda Boström KnausgårdAbout this person
Country
Norway
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
living
Dates
Born 1968 · age 57
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