Espen Haavardsholm

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Espen Haavardsholm
Born (1945-02-10) 10 February 1945 (age 77)
Oslo, Norway
Occupationnovelist, poet, essayist and biographer
Spouse(s)
    (m. 1966;div. 1973)
      Tone Torgersen
      (m. 19751979)
        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.

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References

  1. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Espen Haavardsholm". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  2. "Espen Haavardsholm" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Archived from the original on 2008-04-12. Retrieved 2008-10-14.