Tomas Espedal
Tomas Espedal (born 12 November 1961) is a Norwegian writer. He made his literary debut in 1988 with the novel En vill flukt av parfymer. His novel Gå.
Tomas Espedal
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- Name
- Tomas Espedal
- Born
- 12 November 1961
- Birthplace
- Bergen, Norway
- Occupation
- Writer
- Nationality
- Norway
- Education
- University of Bergen
- Honours
- Gyldendal Prize · Brage Award for Fiction · Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature
- Languages
- Norwegian
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Tomas Espedal (born 12 November 1961) is a Norwegian writer. He made his literary debut in 1988 with the novel En vill flukt av parfymer. His novel Gå.
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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. He was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature for 2009 for his novel Imot kunsten (notatbøkene). 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.
Tomas Espedal studied at University of Bergen. Karl Ove Knausgård is recorded as having studied under Tomas Espedal. The recorded working language is Norwegian. Places of work recorded in the authority are Oslo and Bergen. Residence is recorded at Bergen. Distinctions recorded are Gyldendal Prize, Brage Award for Fiction and Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature.
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• Name — Tomas Espedal • Born — 12 November 1961 • Birthplace — Bergen, Norway • Occupation — Writer • Illustration — LiteratureXchange Festival Aarhus/Denmark 2022 Hreinn Gudlaugsson
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1961
Tomas Espedal was born on 12 November 1961.
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• Awarded in the P2/Book Club Novel Competition 1991 • Bergen Prize 2006 • Nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2006 for "Gå. Kunsten å leve et vilt og poetisk liv" (Go. The Art of Living a Wild and Poetic Life) • Nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2009 for "Imot kunsten" (Against Art) • Critics' Prize 2009, for "Imot kunsten" (Against Art) • Gyldendal Prize 2009, for "Imot kunsten" (Against Art) • Brage Prize 2011, for "Imot naturen" (Against Nature) • Nominated for The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2013
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Formation and teaching. Espedal studied at University of Bergen. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style. Recorded as having received Gyldendal Prize, Brage Award for Fiction and Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature.
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