Tomas Espedal

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Tomas Espedal
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Tomas Espedal at Oslo bokfestival 2011
Born (1961-11-12) 12 November 1961 (age 63)
Bergen, Norway
OccupationWriter
NationalityNorwegian
LiteratureXchange Festival
Aarhus/Denmark 2022
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LiteratureXchange Festival
Aarhus/Denmark 2022
Hreinn Gudlaugsson

Tomas Espedal (born 12 November 1961) is a Norwegian writer.

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Espedal was born in Bergen. He made his literary debut in 1988 with the novel En vill flukt av parfymer. His novel Gå. Eller kunsten å leve et vilt og poetisk liv (English: Go. The Art of Living a Wild and Poetic Life) from 2006 was nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize. [1] He was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature for 2009 for his novel Imot kunsten (notatbøkene). [2]

In 2018 he issued the novel Elsken, and he was portrayed in the film Jeg vil bo i mitt navn, directed by Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo. [3]

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Awards and nominations

References

  1. Nilsen, Anne Grete. "Tomas Espedal". In Henriksen, Petter (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
  2. "Kritikerprisen for beste voksenbok 2009 til Tomas Espedal" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Critics' Association. 5 March 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
  3. Lindeblad, Knut-Eirik (20 October 2018). "Redningsaksjonen". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). pp. 48–50.