Karl Ove Knausgård

Karl Ove Knausgård
Knausgård in 2024
Born (1968-12-06) 6 December 1968
Oslo, Norway
OccupationAuthor, novelist
NationalityNorwegian
Alma materUniversity of Bergen
GenreFiction, memoir, essay
Notable worksMy Struggle (Min Kamp)
Spouses
Tonje Aursland
(m. 1995; div. 2004)

(m. 2007; div. 2016)

Michal Shavit

Karl Ove Knausgård (Norwegian: [kɑːl ˈûːvə ˈknæ̂ʉsɡoːr]; born 6 December 1968) is a Norwegian author. He became known worldwide for a series of six autobiographical novels titled My Struggle (Min Kamp). The Wall Street Journal has described him as "one of the 21st century's greatest literary sensations".

Since the completion of the My Struggle series in 2011, he has published an autobiographical series entitled The Seasons Quartet, a critical work on the art of Edvard Munch, and a novel series beginning with The Morning Star.

Knausgård has won the 2009 Brage Prize, 2017 Jerusalem Prize, and 2019 Swedish Academy Nordic Prize.