Karl Ove Knausgaard was born in Norway in 1968. His 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 Book One, Knausgaard received the Brage Award in 2009, the 2010 Book of the Year Prize in Morgenbladet, and the P2 Listeners' Prize. My Struggle has been translated into more than fifteen languages. Knausgaard lives in Sweden with his wife and three children.
