Monica Isakstuen (b.1976) is an award-winning Norwegian poet and novelist who, since her playwriting debut in 2017, has become a frequently performed playwright in her home country and internationally. Between 2018 and 2021 Isakstuen was a writer in residence at The Norwegian Centre for New Playwriting in Oslo. She was awarded the 2016 Brage Prize by the Norwegian Book Prize foundation for her novel Vær snill med dyrene and the 2023 Ibsen Award for her play Dette er ikke oss.

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