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Jo Nesbø
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Jo Nesbø is a Norwegian novelist, journalist, children's writer, and former association football player born in Oslo in 1960. He attended the Norwegian School of Economics and began his writing career in 1997. His works are primarily written in the Norwegian language and fall within the detective fiction genre. Nesbø has received several awards, including the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize, the Riverton Prize, the Peer Gynt Literary Award, and the Glass Key award. He was also nominated for the CWA International Dagger.
In addition to his literary career, Nesbø played as a forward for the sports team Molde FK. He is also a member of the group Di Derre. His notable works include titles such as *BILD am Sonntag Mega-Thriller 2019*, *רוח רפאים*, *התיקנים*, *צמא*, and *העטלף*. He has at various times been associated with audiobook productions. Nesbø is the sibling of Knut Nesbø.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1960
- Works
- 485
Top works
- BILD am Sonntag Mega-Thriller 2019
- רוח רפאים
- התיקנים
- צמא
- העטלף
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Film & TV
Oslo, Norway
Jo Nesbø is a Norwegian writer, musician, economist, and former soccer player and reporter. More than 3 million copies of his novels had been sold in Norway as of March 2014; his work has been translated into over 50 languages, and by 2021 had sold some 50 million copies worldwide, making him the most successful Norwegian author of all time.
Known for
- Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott — Self2016
- Punx — Self2015
- Babel2014
- Skavlan — Self - Guest2009
- Trygdekontoret talkshow2009
- The History of Norwegian Rock Music2004
- There IS something about Molde
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Norway
- Active from
- 1960
Discography
- Håp2001
- Karusellmusikk2001
Member of
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4,410
- Total plays
- 270,205
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Jo Nesbø (born 29 March 1960) is a Norwegian author and pop musician. He was born in Oslo and grew up in Molde. Nesbø has primarily written crime novels, but also song lyrics for the pop band Di Derre (where he is the vocalist), and a play. He has also released the solo album Karusellmusikk. He is awarded the Norwegian Rivertonprisen and the Scandinavian Glasnöklen for his crime novels, and is translated into Swedish, Finnish, Danish, German, Dutch, Lithuanian, Russian, Bulgarian, Polish, Eng
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Place of birth
- Oslo
- Sibling
- Knut Nesbø
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Norwegian School of Economics
- Languages spoken
- Norwegian
- Native language
- Norwegian
- Genre
- detective fiction
- Instrument
- guitar
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Molde FK
- Position played
- forward
- Official website
- jonesbo.com
- Image
- Jo Nesbø1.jpg
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- Jo Nesbø
- date of birth
- 1960-03-29
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- name in native language
- Jo Nesbø
- start of work period
- 1997-00-00
- writing language
- Norwegian
- nominated for
- CWA International Dagger
- ethnic group
- Norwegians
- birth name
- Jon Nesbø
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Encyclopedic overview
Jon "Jo" Nesbø ( Norwegian: [ˈjuː ˈnɛ̀sbøː]; born 29 March 1960) is a Norwegian novelist and musician. His books had sold over 50 million copies worldwide by 2021, making him the most successful Norwegian author to date. He first came to prominence as the singer, rhythm guitarist and principal songwriter of country-pop band Di Derre, when their second album became a big hit in Norway, almost selling enough to make double platinum. The album was initially titled Kvinner & Klær (Women & Clothing), but had to be renamed and re-released as Jenter & Sånt (Girls & Stuff) after the eponymous Norwegian women's fashion magazine filed a complaint.
His first novel, The Bat, was released in 1997, one year before Di Derre's fourth and final studio album. It was awarded the Riverton Prize for best Norwegian crime novel, and the Glass Key prize for best Nordic crime novel. After 1998 he concentrated on writing, continuing the internationally successful crime novel series about inspector Harry Hole, collecting several awards nationally and internationally. In 2007 he released his first children's book, Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder, which also was hugely successful.
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