Rønnaug Kleiva (born 30 November 1951) is a Norwegian poet, novelist, writer of short stories, playwright, and author of children's literature. She received the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1997 for the children's book Ikkje gløym å klappe katten.
Life and career Born in Vartdal Municipality on 30 November 1951, Kleiva is a schoolteacher by education.
She made her literary debut in 1985 with the poetry collection . Her 1986 book is a collection of poetic prose. Her first children's book was from 1988, and she followed up with in 1989. Her novel (1990) for young adults was awarded Noregs Mållag's children's book prize in 1990. Her poetry collection (1990) is characterized by Øystein Rottem as having a darker colour. Her picture book (1991) was illustrated by Malgorzats Piotronska. She published the children's book in 1993, and the children's book (1994) is illustrated by . Her poetry collection (1995), illustrated by Arne Nøst, contains erotic motives. In 1996 she issued the non-fiction book .
Her children's book (1997), illustrated by , earned her the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature for best children's book in 1997.
With she won a prize in a Nordic children's book contest in 1999. Her picture book (2001) was illustrated by Akin Düzakin. In 2001 she also wrote the short story collection , and the play .
In 2003 she wrote the novel , and the play came in 2004. In 2005 she issued both the short prose collection and the picture book . She wrote two novels for young adults in 2007 and 2009, where the protagonist Susi is compared with a post-war country, (2007), and (2009), treating harassment and rape, respectively. A play version from 2014, titled , was published in 2015.
Further books are the short story collection (2008 or 2010), and the prose collection (2010). She wrote the play in 2011, and was assigned as inhouse dramatist at Dramatikkens hus from 2013 to 2015. Later books are the short story collection (2017), the novel (2019), and (2021), a novel for young adults.
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