- Roy Jacobsen
Roy Jacobsen is a Norwegian
novelist and short-story writer. Born inOslo on26 December 1954 , he made his publishing début in 1982 with the short-story collection "Fangeliv" (Prison Life). He is winner of the prestigious Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature and two of his novels have been nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize: "Seierherrene" (The Conquerors) in 1991 and "Frost" in 2004. "The Burnt-Out Town of Miracles" was published in Britain in 2008. Jacobsen lives inOslo .Bibliography
*"Fangeliv" - short stories, (1982)
*"Hjertetrøbbel" -novel , (1984)
*"Tommy" - novel, (1985)
*"Det nye vannet" - novel (1987)
*"Virgo" - novel, (1988)
*"Det kan komme noen" - short stories, (1989)
*"Ursula" - barnebok, (1990)
*"Seierherrene" - novel, (1991)
*"Fata Morgana" - novel, (1992)
*"Den høyre armen" - short stories, (1994)
*"Trygve Bratteli. En fortelling" - biography ofTrygve Bratteli , (1995)
*"Ismael" - novel, (1998)
*"Grenser" - novel, (1999)
*"Fugler og soldater" - short stories, (2001)
*"Det nye vinduet" - short stories, (2002)
*"Frost" - novel, (2003)
*"Hoggerne" - novel, (2005)
*"Marions slør" - novel, (2007)
*"The Burnt-Out Town of Miracles" - novel, (2008)Prizes
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Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris 1982, for "Fangeliv"
*Cappelenprisen 1987
*Notabeneprisen 1988
*Kritikerprisen 1989, for "Det kan komme noen"
*Bokhandlerprisen 1991, for "Seierherrene"
*Scheiblers legat 1991
*Ivar Lo-prisen 1994
*Oslo bys kunstnerpris 1994
*Riksmålsforbundets litteraturpris 2003
*Gyldendalprisen 2005
*Ungdommens kritikerpris 2006External links
* [http://www.cappelen.no/main/katalog.aspx?artid=3572&f=9033 Publsher's profile]
* [http://tls.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25361-2650717,00.html Times Literary Supplement review of The Burnt-Out Town of Miracles, by Paul Owen]
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