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Tor Åge Bringsværd

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Tor Åge Bringsværd

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1939-11-16 (Skien, Norway)
Died
2025-08-04 (Unknown) age 85
Nationality
Norwegian
Languages
Norwegian
Religion
Anarchism
Residence History
Norway

Career

Occupations
author, playwright, editor, translator
Active Years
1970-2025
Influenced By
Jon Bing

Awards

The Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature
1985
Work: Gobi – barndommens måne
Organization: Norwegian Critics' Association
Result: 受賞
Riksmål Society Literature Prize
1994
Result: 受賞
Ibsen Prize
2000
Result: 受賞
Alf Prøysen Prize of Honor
2008
Result: 受賞
Brage Prize (honorary)
2009
Result: 受賞
Norsk kulturråds ærespris
2010
Organization: Arts Council Norway
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Bazar

1970 Speculative fiction

Norwegian speculative fiction novel.

Anarchism

Gobi. Barndommens måne

1985 Novel

Part of the Gobi series. Won Norwegian Critics Prize.

ChildhoodFantasy

Pinocchio-papirene

1978 Speculative fiction

Work based on Pinocchio.

Bibliography

  • 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
  • Tambar er et troll, 2015

Style & Themes

Literary Style
seemingly random jumps to narratives or anecdotesdistinctive style
Recurring Motifs
Anarchism

Legacy

Pioneering Norwegian speculative fiction author, known for innovative style and anarchistic themes.

Trivia

  • Considered himself an anarchist.
  • First Norwegian SF author with Jon Bing.