About Jan Grue
Born 1981. Jan Grue is a Norwegian researcher and writer.
Jan Grue (born 28 March 1981) is a Norwegian writer, academic and actor.
Career Born in Oslo on 28 March 1981, Grue graduated with a doctorate in linguistics in 2011. He was assigned to the University of Oslo from 2012, and a professor from 2016.
Grue has written books in several genres. His books include the short story collection Alt under Kontroll from 2010, followed by Ubestemt tid (2011) and Kropp og sinn (2012). Further books are the short story collection Normalia (2015), the novel Det blir ikke bedre (2016), Bortenfor, bortenfor, bortenfor (2017), and the short story collection Uromomenter (2019). He has written the children's books Oliver from 2011, Skadedyr (2015), and Super-Magnus (2016). The book was also nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize.
He was awarded the in 2021.
He received the Fritt Ord Award in 2021, shared with and Olaug Nilssen.
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Norwegian professor and author
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Jan Grue was born on 28 March 1981 in Oslo.
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