Tomas Espedal
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Tomas Espedal | |
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 Tomas Espedal at Oslo bokfestival 2011 | |
| Born | 12 November 1961 Bergen, Norway |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
Aarhus/Denmark 2022
Hreinn Gudlaugsson
Tomas Espedal (born 12 November 1961) is a Norwegian writer.
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]
