![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() While that role may differ from his inner life, it is consistent with the role he plays in his autobiographical novels. He regards his appearances in newspapers, magazines, and literary festivals as “a performance,” where he plays himself. He grounds his observations in the ordinary aspects of the world around him, which, he insists, is the same world in front of most of his readers. Knausgaard is both a daring writer and a daring interviewee. Conversations with Karl Ove Knausgaard is a collection of twenty-two interviews, each conducted during the ten-year span in which Knausgaard’s literary prowess gained worldwide recognition. Translated into English in 2012, the critically acclaimed and controversial series garnered global attention, as did its author. His fame continued to grow with the publication of his six-volume autobiographical series Min Kamp, or My Struggle. 1968) made a literary mark on his home country in 1998, when his debut novel won the prestigious Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature. ![]()
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