Harald Rosenløw Eeg

Harald Rosenløw Eeg
Harald Rosenløw Eeg at Gothenburg Book Fair 2012
Born	18 August 1970 Tønsberg, Norway
Occupation	Novelist Script writer
Nationality	Norwegian
Period	1995–present
Genre	Youth novels

Harald Rosenløw Eeg (born 18 August 1970) is a Norwegian novelist and script writer. He made his literary début in 1995 with the youth novel Glasskår, for which he was awarded the Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris.^[1][2] Eeg also wrote the script for a film with the same name from 2002.^[3] He wrote the script for Hawaii, Oslo, directed by Erik Poppe and released in 2004,^[4] and for the film Uro from 2006, directed by Stefan Faldbakken.^[5] The 2008 film Troubled Water, directed by Poppe, was based on a script by Eeg.^[6] The film won the audience prize for best narrative feature film at the 16th Hamptons International Film Festival in 2008.^[7]

Eeg was awarded the Brage Prize in 2004 for the youth novel Yatzy.^[1]

References

1. "Harald Rosenløw Eeg". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 September 2010.
2. Rottem, Øystein (1998). Norges Litteraturhistorie. Etterkrigslitteraturen (in Norwegian). 3. Oslo: Cappelen. pp. 813–814. ISBN 82-02-16426-5.
3. Holst, Jan Erik, ed. (2011). Filmen i Norge. Norske kinofilmer 1995–2011 (in Norwegian). Gyldendal. p. 165. ISBN 978-82-05-41398-6.
4. Holst, Jan Erik, ed. (2011). Filmen i Norge. Norske kinofilmer 1995–2011 (in Norwegian). Gyldendal. p. 202. ISBN 978-82-05-41398-6.
5. Holst, Jan Erik, ed. (2011). Filmen i Norge. Norske kinofilmer 1995–2011 (in Norwegian). Gyldendal. p. 231. ISBN 978-82-05-41398-6.
6. Holst, Jan Erik, ed. (2011). Filmen i Norge. Norske kinofilmer 1995–2011 (in Norwegian). Gyldendal. pp. 282–283. ISBN 978-82-05-41398-6.
7. Brooks, Brian (19 October 2008). "Dispatch from the Hamptons: Troubled Water, Herb and Dorothy Dominate at 16th Hamptons Fest". indieWire. Retrieved 14 February 2016.