(1961-11-12) 12 November 1961 (age 62) Bergen, Norway
Occupation
Writer
Nationality
Norwegian
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]
Bibliography
En vill flukt av parfymer. (1988)
Jeg vil bo i mitt navn. (1990)
Hun og jeg. (1991)
Hotel Norge. (1995)
Blond (erindring). (1996)
Biografi (glemsel). (1999)
Dagbok (epitafer). (2003)
Brev (et forsøk). (2005)
Gå. Eller kunsten å leve et vilt og poetisk liv. (2006)
Ly. (2007)
Imot kunsten. (2009)
Imot naturen. (2011)
Bergeners. (2013)
Mitt privatliv. Liv og kunst. Liv som kunst. (2014)
Året. (2016)
Elsken. (2018)
Awards and nominations
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)
^Nilsen, Anne Grete.
"Tomas Espedal". In Henriksen, Petter (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 March 2010.