Ragnar Hovland facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Ragnar Hovland
Hovland in 2013
Born	(1952-04-15) 15 April 1952 (age 72) Bergen, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation	novelist, essayist, poet and children's writer
Relatives	Ragnvald Indrebø (grandfather)
Awards	Brage Prize (1992) Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature (2001) Dobloug Prize (2008) Bastian Prize for Children's and Young-Adult Books (2008)

Ragnar Hovland (born 15 April 1952 in Bergen) is a Norwegian novelist, essayist, poet, and writer of children's books.

Personal life

Hovland was born in Bergen to priest Håkon Hovland and schoolteacher Sigrid Indrebø, and grew up in Strandvik and Luster. He was married to Sabine Angelika Rolka from 1978 to 1992, and to Tove Olaug Bakke since 1996.

Career

Hovland made his literary debut in 1979, with the novel Alltid fleire dagar [nn]. The book follows four young boys from secondary school to college.

He followed up with the short story collection Vegen smal og porten trang [no] (1981).

The novel Sveve over vatna (1982) is set in Bergen, and the protagonist is a student who gets involved in various strange adventures.

He was awarded the Brage Prize in 1992 for the children's book Ein motorsykkel i natta. He received the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 2001, for the novel Ei vinterreise.

Awards

• Brage Prize 1992.
• Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature 2001
• Dobloug Prize 2008
• Bastian Prize for Children's and Young-Adult Books 2008