Winner of the P2 Listeners’ Novel Prize

Dag Johan Haugerud (b. 1964) is a librarian, writer and filmmaker. He made his literary debut in 1999 with the warmly received novel Something with Nature. His second novel, If You Are Very Strong, You Must Also Be Very Kind, was published in French by Gaïa. Easy Atonal Pieces for Children, his fourth novel, was met with brilliant reviews and won the P2 Listeners’ Novel Prize.

Haugerud is also an acclaimed filmmaker, who has written and directed five feature films and several shorts. In 2020 his film Beware of Children (orig. title: Barn) won the prestigious Dragon Award Best Nordic Film at the Göteborg Film Festival.