Beate Grimsrud (28 April 1963 â 1 July 2020) was a Norwegian novelist, short story writer, children's writer, scriptwriter and playwright.
Grimsrud was born in Bærum, Norway and settled in Sweden. Grimsrud died in Stockholm on 1 July 2020.
Among her books are Continental Heaven (1993), àsmyge forbi en øks (1998), and Søvnens lekkasje (2007). Her novel En dÃÂ¥re fri (2010) was awarded the 2010 Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature. She was also awarded the Dobloug Prize in 2011.
Her children's books include Klar ferdig gÃÂ¥! from 2007, Alba og Adam (2008), and Dinosaurene og de dansende trærne (2009).
She was also a screenwriter of the script for the film Ballen i øyet from 2000.
Her last work was Jag föreslÃÂ¥r att vi vaknar. Novels such as Evighetsbarnen (2015) and Jeg (2020) have yet to receive posthumous English translations.