Frode Grytten

Frode Grytten (born 11 December 1960 in Bergen, but grew up in Odda) is a Norwegian writer and journalist. He is the author of the Brage Prize-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.

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• Frode grytten s er den lange dagen over takk for alt sir alex
• Fennesz and Frode Grytten Borealis 06
• Awards
• References

Grytten is a native of the industrial town Odda, which often features in his work.

As a journalist he has mainly worked for Bergens Tidende, the local newspaper of Bergen, Norway. He is also writing for the Oslo-based national newspaper Dagbladet.

Awards

Brage Prize 1999, for Bikubesong

Sigmund Skard-stipendet 2000

Norsk språkpris 2003

Rivertonprisen 2005, for Flytande bjørn

Samlagsprisen 2006

Nynorsk Literature Prize 2007, for Rom ved havet, rom i byen

Melsom-prisen 2008, for Rom ved havet, rom i byen