Atle Næss

Atle Næss (born 25 March 1949 in Mysen ) is a Norwegian author of several novels and children's books. Næss grew up in Askim since 1976 cand philol. in the subjects of English, Linguistics and Norwegian. He worked until 1987 as a teacher at the secondary school in Asker, in Odense, Denmark ( in the subject Norwegian), in Frydenberg and the College Østfold. His debut novel was 1975 love story " Gun", but so far only three works were translated into German, including a report on Galileo and a novel about the mathematician Bernhard Riemann. His books have been translated into ten languages ​​.. Naess currently lives in skiing or in Kråkerøy. His daughter is the linguist Åshild Næss, with whom he wrote the book Et hav av språk.

  • The Riemann Hypothesis, 2007 ( Red minus av en, 2006)
  • When the World Stood Still, 2006 ( As jorden stod silent. Og hans tid Galileo Galilei, 2001)
  • Caravaggio's flight, 2003 ( the tvilende Thomas, 1997)
  • Innersvinger, 2002

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  • Gyldendals Legat, 1990
  • Sarpsborgprisen, 1990
  • Gullboka, 1995
  • Brageprisen, 2001
  • Essay competition of the magazine Kirke og Culture, 2005

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Atle Næss at Sansoni

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