Bjarte Breiteig

Bjarte Breiteig (born March 17 1974) is an Norwegian short story writer.

Background

Bjarte Breiteig was born in Kristiansand, 1974. He studied physics at NTNU in Trondheim, but dropped out after two years to study literature at the same place. He has studied at the "Skrivekunstakademiet" and the University of Bergen. He now resides in Oslo.

Work

Published in 1998, Bjarte Breiteig's first short story collection, "Fantomsmerter", received glowing reviews and "Aschehougs debutantpris". His next collection of short stories, "Surrogater" was published in 2000. In 2003, Bjarte Breiteig is one of five young authors whose work is included in a collection of short stories published under the title of "Borders" by the European literary project "Scritture Giovani". This means Breiteig's short story "Fremover" was translated into Welsh, German, English and Italian. He received the "Anders Jahres pris for yngre kunstnere" in 2004. In 2006, his third short story collection, "Folk har begynt å banke på", was published and gave him the "Max Wiel Nygaards legat".

Bibliography

*"Fantomsmerter" (Phantom pains) 1998
*"Surrogater" (Surrogates) 2000
*"Folk har begynt å banke på" (Someone is knocking at the door) 2006

External links

* [http://www.bjartebreiteig.com Breiteig, Bjarte - Official homepage] (Norwegian)
* [http://www.aschehoug.no/litteratur/top/english/fiction/article.jhtml?articleID=11603 Breiteig, Bjarte - Aschehoug & co] (English)
* [http://www.dagbladet.no/kontekst/3976.html Breiteig, Bjarte - Dagbladet :litteratur] (Norwegian)