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Jan Kjærstad is a
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author. Kjærstad is a theology graduate from
MF Norwegian School of TheologyThe Norwegian School of Theology , is a private, independent, accredited Norwegian specialised university...
and the
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(cand. theol.). He has written a string of novels, short stories and essays and was editor of the literary magazine
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("The Window"). He has received a number of prizes, the most important being the
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Literature Prize, which he received for the perspectivist trilogy about the TV personality Jonas Wergeland (
The Seducer,
The Conqueror and
The Discoverer).
His books have been translated to English, French, German, Danish, Swedish, and Hungarian, among others.
Prizes and recognition
- 1984 - Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment
Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment is an annually awarded literary prize from the publishing house Aschehoug. The prize is a recognition of superior literary work. The publisher's editorial management makes the award based on their collective judgement of merit. Applications are not accepted.The...
(a prize awarded to promising authors in memory of Mads Wiel Nygaard by the publisher AschehougH. Aschehoug & Co , commonly known as Aschehoug, is one of the largest independent publishing companies in Norway. -History:...
)
- 1984 - Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature for Homo Falsus
- 1993 - Aschehougprisen (the primary literature prize awarded annually by the publisher Aschehoug
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)
- 1998 - Henrik Steffens-prisen (the Henrik Steffens
Henrik Steffens , was a Norwegian-born Danish philosopher, scientist, and poet.He was born at Stavanger, Norway. At the age of fourteen he went with his parents to Copenhagen, where he studied theology and natural science...
literature prize is awarded by the university system in Hamburg-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
)
- 2000 - Doblougprisen (Awarded by the Swedish Academy
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)
- 2001 - Nordic Council's Literature Prize for Oppdageren