Ragnar Hovland

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 . The book follows four young boys from secondary school to college. Their interests circle around rock music, alcohol, a dose of politics and girls.
He followed up with the short story collection (1981). The collection includes the stories "Dei siste beat-poetane i Midthordaland", where two wannabe poets are expelled from the gang and instead read their works for a herd of wet sheep; further "Sommarens blå flygel", where two young lovers are surprised by the boy's father, who expresses concern that they could catch a cold since they lie naked on the ground. In the surrealistic story "Songen om Emilia", a young man finds a dead body on the floor three days in a row, and is unable to get rid of the corps, even if he pushes them into the cupboard every time.
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
Bibliography
About Ragnar Hovland
Halvor Folgerø og Finn Tokvam Ler dei no, så har eg vunne: møte med Ragnar Hovland 2012
By Ragnar Hovland
Stille natt (novel) 2011
Kunsten å komme heim og andre essay (essays) 2011
Dr. Munks popleksikon (reference work / autobiography) 2008
Fredlaus (children's and youth book) 2006, 2008
1964 (novel) 2006, 2007
Brevet 2006
Verdt å vite (trur eg) (essays) 2002
Norske gleder (essays) 2002
Ei vinterreise 2001
Psst! : kubanske notat (poems) 2000
Åleine i Alpane 1999
Halve sanninga. Tre versjonar 1998
Detektivforteljing (Children's book) 1998
Guillaume Appollinaire 1996
Norrøne gudar 1996
Dr. Munks testamente (novel) 1996
Katten til Ivar Aasen møter hunden frå Baskerville (poems, Children's book) 1996
Eline og Julie tar ferja (novel) 1994
Ein dag i Sherwoodskogen (Children's book) 1994
Bjørnen Alfred og hunden Samuel forlet pappkartongen (Children's book) 1993
Over Bali og Hawaii (drama) 1992
Ei lang reise (Children's book) 1992
Ein motorsykkel i natta (novel) 1992
Gjest Bårdsen døyr åleine ved Nilens breidd 1992
Paradis (novel) 1991
Novelleår (red.) 1990
Konspirasjoner (essays) 1990
Sjølvmord i Skilpaddekaféen (novel) 1989
Mercedes (Young adult) 1989
Skrivestadier 1989
Utanfor sesongen 1988
Love me tender (drama) 1988
Emil og kaffikokaren (Children's book) 1987
Sjømannen, tante Elida og dei største eventyr (Children's book) 1986
Elefantmusikken (poems) 1985
Professor Moreaus løyndom (novel) 1985
Bussen til Peking (novel) 1984
Jakta på Salamanderen (Children's book) 1983
Under snøen (novel) 1983
Sveve over vatna (novel) 1982, 1988, 1995, 2008
Vegen smal og porten trang 1981
Den flygjande sykkelen og andre forteljingar (Children's book) 1981
Dei siste beat-poetane i Midthordaland (novella) 1981
Det får stå til (Children's book) 1980
Alltid fleire dagar (novel) 1979, 1978
References
1952 births
Living people
Writers from Bergen
Nynorsk-language writers
20th-century Norwegian novelists
21st-century Norwegian novelists
Norwegian children's writers
Norwegian translators
Dobloug Prize winners