Tor Åge Bringsværd

Tor Åge Bringsværd
Tor Åge Bringsværd, 2006
Born	Tor Åge Bringsværd 16 November 1939 Skien, Norway
Occupation	Author
Nationality	Norwegian

Tor Åge Bringsværd (born 16 November 1939 in Skien, Norway) is an author, playwright, editor and translator. He is perhaps best known for his speculative fiction. Together with long-time partner Jon Bing, he is also considered as the first Norwegian author to write science fiction literature. Bringsværd regards himself as an anarchist, which is clearly reflected in some of his works. He is also known for his distinctive style of writing, for example for his seemingly random jumps to narratives or anecdotes with no clear relationship to the main story.^[1]

Bibliography

Novels

• Bazar, 1970
• Den som har begge beina på jorda står stille,1974
• Syvsoverskens dystre frokost, 1976
• Pinocchio-papirene, 1978
• Minotauros, 1980
• Ker Shus, 1983
• Gobi. Barndommens måne, 1985
• Gobi. Djengis Khan, 1987
• Uten tittel, 1988
• Gobi. Djevelens skinn og ben, 1989
• Gobi. Min prins, 1994
• Den enøyde, 1996
• Gobi. Baghdad, 1997
• Pudder? Pudder! eller: Sleeping Beauty in the Valley of the Wild, Wild Pigs, 2001
• Web. Betroelser om en truet art, 2005
• Kvinnen som var et helt bord alene, 2009
• Slipp håndtaket når du vrir, 2011
• Ikke fordi den har et svar, men fordi den har en sang, 2013

Prizes and recognition

• 1985 - The Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature for the novel Gobi – barndommens måne (Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, Oslo)
• 1994 - Riksmål Society Literature Prize
• 2000 - Ibsen Prize
• 2008 - Alf Prøysen's Prize of Honor
• 2009 - The honorary Brage Prize, an open special award
• 2010 - Norsk kulturråds ærespris (Arts Council of Norway Honorary Award)

References

1. (Norwegian) Biography