Tor Edvin Dahl
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Born
10 September 1943
Tor Edvin Dahl
10 September 1943
Oslo, Norway
OccupationNovelist, short story writer, playwright, crime fiction writer, children's writer
LanguageNorwegian
NationalityNorwegian
Tor Edvin Dahl | |
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| Born | Tor Edvin Dahl 10 September 1943 Oslo, Norway |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, playwright, crime fiction writer, children's writer |
| Language | Norwegian |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Notable works | Guds tjener, Etterforskning pågår |
| Notable awards | Gyldendal's Endowment, 1973 Riverton Prize, 1973 Bastian Prize, 1986 |
| Spouse | Aud Josefsen 1965–84 Anne Skjelmerud 1986– |
Tor Edvin Dahl (born 10 September 1943) is a Norwegian novelist, crime fiction writer, playwright, children's writer, non-fiction writer, translator, literary critic and journalist.
Dahl made his literary debut in 1968 with the short story collection En sommer tung av regn. His first novel was Den andre from 1972, and his literary breakthrough was the novel Guds tjener (English: Servant of God) from 1973.[1]
He has written crime fiction using the pseudonym "David Torjussen". His first crime novel, Etterforskning pågår from 1973, earned him the Riverton Prize.[2]
He was awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment in 1973.[3]
