Honours and Awards
- Nynorsk Literature Prize (1988)
- Aschehoug Prize (1997 )
- Dobloug Prize (1999 )
- Norsk kulturråds ærespris (2003)
- Nynorsk Literature Prize (2003)
- Brage Prize (2005)
- Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav (2005)
- The Swedish Academy Nordic Prize (2007)
- The Federal Ministry of Family Affairs' Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (2007)
- Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite of France (2007)
- Ibsen Awards 2010
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