Hanne Ørstavik

Hanne Ørstavik (born 28 November 1969) is a Norwegian writer. She was born in Tana in Finnmark province in the far north of Norway, and moved to Oslo at the age of 16. With the publication of the novel Hakk (Cut) in 1994, Ørstavik embarked on a career that would make her one of the most remarkable and admired authors in Norwegian contemporary literature . Her literary breakthrough came three years later with the publication of Kjærlighet (Love), which in 2006 was voted the 6th best Norwegian book of the last 25 years in a prestigious contest in Dagbladet. Since then she has written several acclaimed and much discussed novels and received a host of literary prizes.

In 2002, she was awarded the Dobloug Prize for her literary works, and in 2004, the Brage Prize for the novel Presten.

Ørstavik’s books have been translated into 15 languages. In June 2014, Periene Press published the first ever English translation of one of her novels - The Blue Room - as part of their coming of age series.

In 2018 her first novel to be published in the United States, "Love", was shortlisted for the National Book Awards in the category Translated Literature.

Love will be published in the UK by And Other Stories in 2019.

• no:Tanums kvinnestipend 1998
• NRK P2 Listener's Prize 1999, for Like sant som jeg er virkelig
• Sult Prize 1999
• no:Havmannprisen 2000, for Tiden det tar
• Oktober Prize 2000
• Dobloug Prize 2002
• Amalie Skram Prize 2002
• Klassekampen's Literary Award 2004, for Presten
• Brage Prize 2004, for Presten
• Aschehoug Prize 2007
• PEN Translation Prize 2019, for Love (trans. Martin Aitken)