Arne Svingen
Arne Svingen is a Norwegian writer of children's books. He also writes adult fiction and books for young adults and adults. He has published over a hundred titles and his works have been translated into more than 25 languages.
Svingen hails from Grorud and was a journalist before becoming a full-time children's writer in 1997.
Svingen is the International Secretary in PEN International.
His most noted books are: Svart elfenben, winner of the Brageprisen in 2005Sangen om en brukket nese, winner of the Kulturdepartementets litteraturpris in 2012, Prix Libbylit Romans Ados in 2015, and the Batchelder Honor Book Award in 2017Man dør litt hver dag, winner of the Østfoldungdommens kritikerpris in 2017
- podcast Svingens barnebokverden, winner of the NBU-prisen in 2018 En himmel full av skyer, winner of the Bokslukerprisen in 2019/20
Bibliometrics
Throughout his career, Arne Svingen has published:- 1999: 2 books
- 2000: 3 books
- 2001: 4 books
- 2002: 4 books
- 2003: 1 book
- 2004: 4 books
- 2005: 5 books
- 2006: 3 books
- 2007: 3 books
- 2008: 1 book
- 2009: 2 books
- 2010: 4 books
- 2011: 5 books
- 2012: 9 books
- 2013: 9 books
- 2014: 5 books
- 2015: 6 books
- 2016: 7 books
- 2017: 9 books
- 2018: 6 books
- 2019: 5 books and 1 anthology
- 2020: 7 books
- 2021: 8 books
- 2022: 6 books
- 2023: 7 books