Elisabeth Eide

Norwegian journalist, novelist, and non-fiction writer

Ossietzky Award ( 2002)

Elisabeth Eide (born 22 July 1950) is a Norwegian journalist, teacher, novelist and non-fiction writer. She was born in Bergen.

Eide made her novel debut in 1994 with Til Kabul faller . Further novels (crime fiction) are Utviklingens hjul from 1997, Der mørket leker med ilden from 1998, and Skyteskiver from 2000.^[1]^[2]

She received the Ossietzky Award in 2002.^[3]

Eide was an active participant in the Maoist movement in Norway, and was part of a delegation with AKP (m-l) that visited Pol Pot in 1978.^[4] She later left the Maoist movement.^[5]

References

^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Elisabeth Eide". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
^ "Elisabeth Eide". forfatterkatalogen.no (in Norwegian). Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Ossietzkyprisen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
^ Brandal, Nik. "Ein skulle vere bra dum for å svelte i kampuchea". Kaderprosjektet (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
^ Eide, Elisabeth (8 August 2003). "M-l-kynismens røtter". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 29 June 2018.