Inger Bråtveit

Inger Bråtveit
Born	3 October 1978 Bergen, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation	Novelist Children's writer

Inger Bråtveit (born 3 October 1978) is a Norwegian novelist and children's writer.

Bråtveit was born in Bergen, and grew up in Suldal. She made her literary debut in 2001 with the novel Munn mot ein frosen fjord.^[1] For this novel she was awarded the Nynorsk Literature Prize in 2002.^[2] Her second novel was Siss og Unn from 2008, where the central characters are taken from Tarjei Vesaas' novel The Ice Palace. The poetry collection Loveprosjekt from 2009 was a collaboration with the Swedish poet Cecilia Hansson. Her first children's book is Kven er snillast av mor og far? from 2012. She was awarded Bjørnsonstipendet in 2009, and Suldal Mållags Målpris in 2010.^[1]

References

1. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Inger Bråtveit". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
2. "Nynorsk litteraturpris". www.nm.no (in Norwegian). Noregs Mållag. Retrieved 16 April 2016.