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Simen Ekern
Norwegian writer and journalist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Simen Ekern (born 1975) is a Norwegian journalist and non-fiction writer. He was awarded the Brage Prize in 2011. Since 2020 he has been assigned as foreign correspondent for NRK, based in Brussels.
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Career
Educated as historian of ideas,[1] Ekern worked as freelance journalist for various newspapers, including Aftenposten, Verdens Gang, Dagens Næringsliv and Dagbladet.[2] He was subseauently freelancer for the television channel TV 2 and for Morgenbladet.[1]
He made his literary debut in 2006 with the book Berlusconis Italia, about the Italian society. His second book Roma from 2011, treats subcultures in the Italian capital Rome.[2] For this book he was awarded the Brage Prize in 2011.[3] In 2015 he wrote the book Europeere.[2] In 2017 he issued the book Folket det er meg, about populism in Europe.[4]
In 2020 he was appointed as foreign correspondent for NRK in Brussels, succeeding Philip Lote.[1][2]
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