Frode Grytten is a Norwegian writer and journalist. Born 11 December 1960 in Bergen and a native of Odda, he is the author of the Brage Prize-winning novel Bikubesong ("Song of the Beehive") as well as other short stories and poems. His works have been translated into Swedish, Danish, Finnish, German, Dutch, French, English, Albanian, Croatian and Chinese.
His journalism includes work for the local newspaper Bergens Tidende as well as the Oslo-based Dagbladet.
Bibliography
1983 Start. Poems. 1986 Dans som en sommerfugl – stikk som en bie. Short stories 1990 Langdistansesvømmar. Short stories 1993 80 grader aust for Birdland. (80 Degrees East of Birdland) Short stories 1995 Meir enn regn. Short stories 1997 Heim att til 1990–åra. Short stories 1999 Bikubesong. Short stories. 1999 Frosken Vertigo og det store spranget. Children's book 2001 Popsongar. Short stories. 2002 Dublin. Non-fiction 2004 Hull & sønn. Children's book 2005 Bikubegang : 24 stopp i Frode Gryttens univers Non-fiction 2005 Flytande bjørn. Novel, winning the Norwegian Rivertonprisen crime award (published in English as The Shadow in the River, 2008) 2007 Rom ved havet, rom i byen. Short stories written to Edward Hopper's paintings 2009 Det norske huset 2010 50/50, collection of essays. 2011 Saganatt. Lundetrilogien, a trilogy of novels released together in one book.