Beate Grimsrud

 ( 1963 Births ) 

Beate Grimsrud (28 April 1963 – 1 July 2020) was a Norwegian novelist, short story writer, children's writer, scriptwriter and playwright.

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Life Grimsrud was born in Bærum, Norway and settled in Sweden. Grimsrud died in Stockholm on 1 July 2020.

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Literary career Among her books are Continental Heaven (1993), Å smyge forbi en øks (1998), and Søvnens lekkasje (2007). Her novel En dåre fri (2010) was awarded the 2010 Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature. She was also awarded the Dobloug Prize in 2011.

Her children's books include Klar ferdig gå! from 2007, Alba og Adam (2008), and Dinosaurene og de dansende trærne (2009).

She was also a screenwriter of the script for the film Ballen i øyet from 2000.

Her last work was Jag föreslår att vi vaknar. Novels such as Evighetsbarnen (2015) and Jeg (2020) have yet to receive posthumous English translations.

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Awards

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English translations

• Beate Grimsrud (2025). 9781781851371, Head of Zeus. ISBN 9781781851371

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Selected works

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Norwegian

• Beate Grimsrud (1993). 9788202130718, Cappelen. ISBN 9788202130718
• Beate Grimsrud (1998). 9788202175085, Cappelen. ISBN 9788202175085
• Beate Grimsrud (2025). 9788202223052, Cappelen. ISBN 9788202223052
• Beate Grimsrud (2025). 9788202271367, Cappelen. ISBN 9788202271367
• Beate Grimsrud (2025). 9788202336004, Cappelen. ISBN 9788202336004
• Beate Grimsrud (2025). 9788202480677, Cappelen. ISBN 9788202480677
• Beate Grimsrud (2025). 9788202612580, Cappelen. ISBN 9788202612580

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Swedish

• Beate Grimsrud (1993). 9789100555276, Bonniers. ISBN 9789100555276
• Beate Grimsrud (1999). 9789100568191, Bonniers. ISBN 9789100568191
• Beate Grimsrud (2025). 9789174291834, Bonniers. ISBN 9789174291834
• Beate Grimsrud (2025). 9789100141158, Bonniers. ISBN 9789100141158
• Beate Grimsrud (2025). 9789100170530, Bonniers. ISBN 9789100170530

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Children's

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