{{short description|Norwegian poet and writer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2010}} {{Infobox writer | name = Gro Dahle | image = Gro_Dahle_2005.jpg | caption = Dahle in 2005 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|5|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Oslo, Norway | occupation = Poet, writer of children's books | genre = Poetry, children's literature, short stories, plays etc. | relatives = Øystein Dahle (father) <!-- Nina Frisak is NOT the mother of Norwegian poet Gro Dahle, Øystein Dahle's only child from his first marriage --> | spouse = Svein Nyhus }} '''Gro Dahle''' (born 15 May 1962) is a Norwegian poet and writer.
==Early life== Dahle was born in Oslo,<ref name="Cappelen">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cappelendamm.no/main/Katalog.aspx?f=7012 |title=Publishing house Cappelen Damm's presentation (in Norwegian) |access-date=15 May 2012 |archive-date=10 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110075333/http://www.cappelendamm.no/main/katalog.aspx?f=7012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and is the daughter of businessman Øystein Dahle. She grew up in Tønsberg, Aruba and New Jersey. She began studying psychology and English literature at University of Oslo and got her B.A. She went to further study creative writing at Telemark University College.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cappelendamm.no/cappelendamm/person/author-detail.action?authorId=sek:person:scid:401 |title=Gro Dahle entry at publisher Cappelendamm |website=cappelendamm.no |access-date=2019-09-22 |archive-date=24 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324203000/https://www.cappelendamm.no/cappelendamm/person/author-detail.action?authorId=sek:person:scid:401 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Career== thumb|left|Taiwanese edition of children's book ''Sinna Mann'' (''Angry man'', 2003) by Gro Dahle and Svein Nyhus. right|120px|thumb|Children's picture book ''God natt, natt'' (''Good Night, Night'', 2009) with poems by Gro Dahle and illustrations by Svein Nyhus. Dahle made her literary début in 1987 with ''Audiens'' (''Audience''), a collection of poetry.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|year=2007|title=Gro Dahle|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=Henriksen, Petter|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/Gro_Dahle|language=Norwegian|accessdate=14 January 2010}}</ref> Since then Dahle has written over 50 books in different genres, poetry collections, three novels, three novellas, short stories, children' s theatre pieces, radio plays, essays and children's books.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.poetryinternational.org/pi/poet/22703/Gro-Dahle/en/nocache |title=Gro Dahle |date= 6 December 2012 |website=poetryinternational.org |access-date=2019-09-22}}</ref> Several picture books for children arose from collaboration with her husband, Norwegian illustrator and author Svein Nyhus.
Dahle has received several national awards for her work. In 1999 she was the official festival poet at the Bergen International Festival.<ref name="Cappelen"/> In 2002 she won the Brage Prize for literature for ''Snill'' (''Nice''), a picture book for children,<ref name="Cappelen"/> and in 2003 the Best Children's Book Prize from the Norwegian Ministry of Culture for ''Sinna Mann'' (''Angry Man''), a book about a boy witnessing domestic violence.<ref name="Cappelen"/>
Dahle is a stylistically naïve, imaginative and burlesque writer<ref name="Cappelen"/> often focusing on psychological problems and relations.<ref name="Cappelen"/> She also gives lectures in creative writing in Norway and Sweden.<ref name="Cappelen"/>
In 2013 ''A Hundred Thousand Hours'' (original Norwegian title ''Hundre tusen timer'', 1996) was published in English.<ref>[http://jacket2.org/reviews/my-mothers-mother-pearl A review of Gro Dahle's 'A Hundred Thousand Hours]</ref>
==Personal life== Dahle lives and works on the island Tjøme.<ref name="Cappelen"/> She has Asperger syndrome.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vedvik |first1=Kari Oliv |title=Gro Dahle: – Ikke alle trenger venner |url=https://www.utdanningsnytt.no/gro-dahle-samfunn-vennskap/gro-dahle--ikke-alle-trenger-venner/171111 |website=Utdanningsnytt |language=Norwegian |access-date=12 August 2021 |date=23 June 2017}}</ref>
==Honours and awards== *1998: Vestfolds Litteraturpris *1998: Aschehoug Prize<ref name="Aschehougprisen">[http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=26208 VG om Aschehougprisen til Gro Dahle 1998]</ref> *2000: Cappelen Prize *2002: Brage Prize for picture book ''Snill'' (with illustrator Svein Nyhus) *2003: Teskjekjerringprisen<ref>[http://tb.no/nyheter/teskjekjerringprisen-til-gro-dahle-1.1233662 Tønsbergs Blad om Teskjekjerringprisen til Gro Dahle 2003] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201235803/http://tb.no/nyheter/teskjekjerringprisen-til-gro-dahle-1.1233662 |date=1 February 2014 }}</ref> *2003: Kultur- og kirkedepartementets bildebokpris for barne- og ungdomslitteratur for ''Sinna Mann'' (sammen med Svein Nyhus) *2014: Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature for the year's best children's or youth's literature (with illustrator Svein Nyhus) *2015: Triztan Vindtorn Poesipris - Norwegian poetry award
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== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927191903/http://www.cappelen.no/main/Katalog.aspx?f=2415&authview=text_10 Presentation and bibliography from the Norwegian publisher]
{{s-start}} {{s-ach|aw}} {{s-bef | before = Georg Johannesen}} {{s-ttl | title = Recipient of the Cappelen Prize | years = 2000 }} {{s-aft | after = Anne Holt}} {{succession box|before=Anne B. Ragde|after=Helga Gunerius Eriksen<br />Gry Moursund|title=Recipient of the Brage Prize for children and youth|years=2002<br />(with Svein Nyhus)}} {{s-end}}
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