Gunnhild Øyehaug

Gunnhild Øyehaug was born in 1975 and lives in Bergen.

She made her literary debut with the poetry collection Slaven av blåbæret in 1998. Her publications include the short-story collection Knutar (2004) and the essay collection Stol og ekstase (2006). She holds a cand.philol. degree and has taught at the Academy of Creative Writing in Hordaland and co-edited the literary journal Kraftsentrum. She has also co-edited Vagant and worked as a literary critic for Morgenbladet and Klassekampen. She received the Bjørnson Scholarship in 2006 and the Tanum Women’s Scholarship in 2007.