Simen Ekern (born 1975) is a Norwegian journalist and non-fiction writer. He was awarded the Brage Prize in 2011. Since 2020 he has been assigned as foreign correspondent for NRK, based in Brussels.
He made his literary debut in 2006 with the book Berlusconis Italia, about the Italian society. His second book Roma from 2011, treats subcultures in the Italian capital Rome. For this book he was awarded the Brage Prize in 2011. In 2015 he wrote the book Europeere. In 2017 he issued the book Folket det er meg, about populism in Europe.
In 2020 he was appointed as foreign correspondent for NRK in Brussels, succeeding .
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