Kaia Dahle Nyhus

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Kaia Linnea Dahle Nyhus (born March 5, 1990 in Tønsberg ) is a Norwegian illustrator and children's book author .

life and work

Kaia Dahle Nyhus was born as the daughter of the author Gro Dahle (* 1962) and the illustrator and children's book author Svein Nyhus (* 1962). She grew up on the island of Tjøme in the Oslofjord . Her brother is the illustrator and 3D designer Simon Dahle Nyhus (* 1988).

From 2009 to 2012 she studied at the Oslo School of Art . She later enrolled at the Konstfack Art School in Stockholm and at the University of Oslo .

Kaia Dahle Nyhus has illustrated numerous children's books by her mother Gro Dahle. In 2014 she made her debut as a writer with her own book Vil du høre en hemmelighet? ('Do you want to hear a secret?'). Her children's book Hun som kalles søster ('Those Who Are Called Sisters') was included in the prestigious shortlist The White Ravens of the International Youth Library in Munich in 2017 . In 2017, Gro Dahles and Kaia Dahle Nyhus' children's book Sesam Sesam , which deals with the effects of pornography on young people, caused a sensation .

With Die Welt Said ja , a book by Kaia Dahle Nyhus appeared in German for the first time in 2019. In the same year, Norwegian literary critics voted it the best children's and youth book of 2018 .

Works as an illustrator and author

  • Vil du høre en hemmelighet? (2014)
  • Pappaer overalt (2015)
  • Hun som kalles søster (2016)
  • En dag drar mamma (2017)
  • Verden sa ja (2018)
    • German: The world said yes . Translated from the Norwegian by Carsten Wilms. Berlin: Kullerkupp Kinderbuch Verlag 2019. ISBN 978-3-947079-00-1

Works as an illustrator

  • Gro Dahle: Håpe, sa gåsa (2011)
  • Gro Dahle: Jeg kunne spise en ku (2012)
  • Gro Dahle: Krigen (2013)
  • Gro Dahle: Megzilla (2015)
  • Gro Dahle: Sesame Sesame (2017)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://whiteravens.ijb.de/book/640
  2. ↑ https://nordrenett.no/kritikarprisen-for-bok-om-forholdet-mellom-sostrer/Type/NTB/19.1.18932
  3. ↑ https://www.cappelendamm.no/_verden-sa-ja-kaia-linnea-dahle-nyhus-9788202600549
  4. ↑ Book ad
personal data
SURNAME Nyhus, Kaia Dahle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nyhus, Kaia Linnea Dahle (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian illustrator and children's book author
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Tonsberg