
A Death in the Family: My Struggle, Book 1
Award History
| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Dublin Literary Award | 2014 | Shortlist |
About This Book
Karl Ove Knausgård's autobiographical first volume of My Struggle, translated from Norwegian by Don Bartlett, meditates on his father's death and his own relationships in a mode of radical, unflinching confessional narrative. Shortlisted for the Dublin Literary Award.
About the Author
Karl Ove Knausgård (born December 6, 1968, in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian author renowned for his six-volume autobiographical novel series My Struggle (Min kamp, 2009–2011), which became a massive bestseller and literary sensation, alongside earlier works like his debut Out of the World (1998) and A Time for Everything (2004). His major achievements include the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature (1998, first for a debut novel), Brage Prize (2009), Jerusalem Prize (2017), and Swedish Academy Nordic Prize (2019), establishing him as one of the 21st century's greatest literary figures.
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