Rune Belsvik

Belsvik was born on 14 April 1956 in Haugesund,^[1] and grew up in Stord Municipality. He has education in health care, and worked at a hospital in Kvinnherad Municipality until becoming a full-time writer in 1983.^[1]

He made his literary debut in 1979 with the children's book Ingen drittunge lenger.^[1] He was awarded the Brage Prize for Ein naken gut in 2000.^[2] He received the Norwegian Critics Prize for Children's Literature in 1996 for Dustefjerten og den store vårdagen, and again in 2001, for Verdens mest forelska par.^[3] He received the Cappelen Prize in 1984.^[4]

• Brage Prize 2000
• Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature 1996 and 2001
• Teskjekjerringprisen 2006