Karl Ove Knausgaard, author of the critically acclaimed My Struggle, will speak at St. Olaf College Monday, September 17, at 7 p.m. in Buntrock Commons 210 (Trollhaugen Room).
Born in Norway in 1968, Knausgaard's debut novel Out of This World won the Norwegian Critics Prize in 2004 and his A Time for Everything (Archipelago) was a finalist for the Nordic Council Prize.
For My Struggle, Knausgaard received the Brage Award in 2009 (for Book One), the 2010 Book of the Year Prize in Morgenbladet, and the P2 Listeners' Prize. My Struggle has been translated into more than 15 languages. Knausgaard lives in Sweden with his wife and three children.