# Gro Dahle

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{{short description|Norwegian poet and writer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{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](/source/Oslo), Norway
| occupation  = Poet, writer of children's books
| genre       = Poetry, children's literature, [short stories](/source/short_stories), plays etc.
| relatives   = [Øystein Dahle](/source/%C3%98ystein_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](/source/Svein_Nyhus)
}}
'''Gro Dahle''' (born 15 May 1962) is a Norwegian poet and writer.

==Early life==
Dahle was born in [Oslo](/source/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](/source/%C3%98ystein_Dahle). She grew up in [Tønsberg](/source/T%C3%B8nsberg), [Aruba](/source/Aruba) and [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey). She began studying psychology and English literature at [University of Oslo](/source/University_of_Oslo) and got her [B.A.](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) She went to further study creative writing at [Telemark University College](/source/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](/source/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](/source/picture_books) for [children](/source/children's_books) arose from collaboration with her husband, Norwegian illustrator and author [Svein Nyhus](/source/Svein_Nyhus).

Dahle has received several national awards for her work. In 1999 she was the official festival poet at the [Bergen International Festival](/source/Bergen_International_Festival).<ref name="Cappelen"/> In 2002 she won the [Brage Prize](/source/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](/source/domestic_violence).<ref name="Cappelen"/>

Dahle is a stylistically naïve, imaginative and [burlesque](/source/burlesque) writer<ref name="Cappelen"/> often focusing on [psychological](/source/psychology) 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](/source/Tj%C3%B8me).<ref name="Cappelen"/> She has [Asperger syndrome](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Cappelen_Prize)
*2002: [Brage Prize](/source/Brage_Prize) for picture book ''Snill'' (with illustrator [Svein Nyhus](/source/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](/source/Kultur-_og_kirkedepartementets_pris_for_barne-_og_ungdomslitteratur) for ''Sinna Mann'' (sammen med Svein Nyhus)
*2014: [Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature](/source/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

==References==
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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]

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