Tor Obrestad

Tor Obrestad (12 February 1938 – 25 January 2020) was a Norwegian novelist, poet and documentary writer.

Tor Obrestad
Born(1938-02-12)12 February 1938
, Norway
Died25 January 2020(2020-01-25) (aged 81)
Nærbø, Norway
OccupationNovelist, poet and documentary writer
NationalityNorwegian
Period1966–2020
GenrePoetry, short stories, biography

Obrestad was born in . He made his literary debut in 1966 with two books, the poetry collection Kollisjon and a collection of short stories, Vind, and received Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris for these two books. He was a member of the so-called Profil generation in 1968, the circle attached to the literary magazine Profil.[1] He wrote biographies on Arne Garborg, Hulda Garborg, Alexander Kielland and Einar Førde.

Awards

gollark: You get to enjoy me teleporting every five seconds when I'm busy.
gollark: If you make this work can I randomly bundle it with PotatOS?
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gollark: I think I prefer the music at my cube.
gollark: Idea: make a long flat cobblegen thing and use lasers to break several blocks at once.

References

  1. "Obrestad, Tor – Bakgrunn" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 2008-10-14.


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