Carl Frode Tiller

Carl Frode Tiller (born January 4 1970 in Namsos) is a Norwegian author, historian and musician. His works are in Nynorsk (lit. "New Norwegian"), one of the two official Norwegian standard languages.

Tiller debuted in 2001 with the novel "Skråninga" (Downward Slope), which was recognized as the best initial work of the year with the Tarjei Vesaas' Debute Prize. It was also nominated for the "Brageprisen" (the Brage Prize is a juried award). In November 2007 Tiller was awarded the Brageprisen for his novel "Innsirkling" (Encirclement). In the fall of 2007 "Innsirkling" received the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature and was nominated for the premiere Scandinavian literature prize, the Nordic Council's Literature Prize.

Tiller is also a musician in the band Kong Ler.

Bibliography

*"Skråninga" – novel (2001)
*"Bipersonar" – novel (2003)
*"Innsirkling" – novel (2007)
*"Folkehelsa" – play (2007) [ This play was composed as part of the project “Trondheim Open” with the "Trøndelag Teater" spring 2007. ]

Prizes

*"Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris" 2001, for "Skråninga"
*"Aschehougs debute stipend" 2001, for "Skråninga"
*"P2-lytternes literature prize" 2001, for "Skråninga"
*"Sunnmørsprisen" 2001, for "Skråninga"
*"Bjørnson stipend" 2004, for "Bipersonar"
*"Brageprisen" 2007, for "Innsirkling"
*"Mads Wiel Nygaards endowment" 2007
*Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature 2007, for "Innsirkling"
*"Sultprisen" 2008

References

External Links

* [http://www.cftiller.no Norwegian language pages Official homepage]
* [http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/kultur/forfattere/991947.html Norwegian language pages Carl Frode Tiller in NRK Forfatter]
* [http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/30760.html Norwegian language pages Carl Frode Tiller in the Dagbladet newspaper]
* [http://www.aftenposten.no/alex/litterat/forfatte/tillerca.htm Norwegian language pages Carl Frode Tiller in the newspaper Aftenposten]
* [http://www.aschehoug.no/forfattere/alfabetisk/vis?contentItemId=649322 Norwegian language pages Authors at the Aschehougs publishers website]