Espen Haavardsholm  | |
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| Born | 10 February 1945  Oslo, Norway  | 
| Occupation(s) | novelist, poet, essayist and biographer | 
| Spouses | Tone Torgersen  (m. 1975–1979)Francesca Maria Nichols   (m. 1982) | 
| Relatives | Martin Linge (grandfather) | 
Espen Haavardsholm (born 10 February 1945, in Oslo) is a Norwegian novelist, poet, biographer and essayist. [1] He made his literary debut in 1966 with the collection of short stories, Tidevann. He was one of the central writers in the modernist literary magazine Profil . [2] He has written biographies on Martin Linge (his grandfather), Aksel Sandemose and Johan Borgen.