Beate Grimsrud

Beate Grimsrud (28 April 1963 – 1 July 2020) was a Norwegian novelist and playwright. She was born in Bærum. Her best known books are "Continental Heaven" from 1993, "Å smyge forbi en øks" from 1998, and "Søvnens lekkasje " from 2007. 
Her novel "En dåre fri" from 2010 was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature. She wrote the script for the movie "Ballen i øyet" from 2000. She was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 2011.
Grimsrud died of breast cancer on 1 July 2020, aged 57.