Halvor Fosli

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Halvor Fosli
Born (1961-08-30) 30 August 1961 (age 63)
Occupation(s)Non-fiction writer
journalist
editor
publisher

Halvor Fosli (born 30 August 1961) is a Norwegian non-fiction writer, journalist, magazine editor and publisher.

Fosli was born in Dalen, Telemark. He has been a journalist for the newspaper Dag og Tid . He made his literary debut in 1994 with a treatment of the Kristiania Bohemians, Kristianiabohemen. Byen, miljøet, menneska. Further books include Kvite kull og svarte får. Ingeniørar i norsk skjønnlitteratur from 1996 and Ute på prøve (1996). In 1995 he started the publishing house ExLex. From 2000 to 2005 he was editor of the literary magazine Prosa . [1]

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References

  1. Mjør, Kåre Johan. "Halvor Fosli". In Grepstad, Ottar (ed.). Allkunne (in Norwegian). Nynorsk kultursentrum. Retrieved 11 June 2018.