Karl Ove Knausgaard was born in Norway in 1968. His debut novel Out of This World won the Norwegian Critics Prize in 2004 and his A Time for Everything was a finalist for the Nordic Council Prize. For My Struggle, Knausgaard received the Brage Award in 2009 (for Book One), the 2010 Book of the Year Prize in Morgenbladet, and the P2 Listeners Prize. My Struggle has been translated into more than 15 languages. Knausgaard lives in Sweden with his wife and three children.
ARTICLES FEATURING KARL OVE
The Form of the Small Life: Karl Ove Knausgaard’s “My Struggle: Book Six”
Paul Delany reviews the final book of Karl Ove Knausgaard's "My Struggle" series....
Ecstatic Communion: Karl Ove Knausgaard’s Seasons Quartet Conclusion, “Summer”
With “Summer,” the conclusion to his Seasons quartet, Norwegian maestro Karl Ove Knausgaard provides a master class in creating reader-writer intimacy....
Daddy’s Issues: Karl Ove Knausgaard’s “Spring”
If you still haven’t tried Knausgaard or have been unsatisfied with his helplessly casual "New York Times" travel essays, try "Spring."...
Natural Philosopher: Karl Ove Knausgaard’s “Winter”
Is Karl Ove Knausgaard’s literary sincerity a balm for those dealing with democratic turmoil?...
Life, the Beautiful Game
Dan Friedman reviews “Home and Away: Writing the Beautiful Game” by Karl Ove Knausgaard and Fredrik Ekelund....
The Past Is Useless
Not only in interviews but in the novels themselves, Knausgaard has proven his own best critic....
Of Sons and Fathers and the Excesses of Form
On "My Struggle: Boyhood Island," which explores the pains & pleasures of boyhood. You can’t choose your parents, as they say, and that means everything....
Recapturing the World with Karl Ove Knausgaard
On Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard...
Fueled by Sentences: The Uncanny Art of Karl Ove Knausgaard
AT SIX VOLUMES and around 3,500 pages, without wizards or vampires, and bearing a title that will earn you some ...
