Jan Kjærstad

Norwegian author · Norway · On the map · Writers · Born 1953 · age 73

Jan Kjærstad is a Norwegian author. Kjærstad is a theology graduate from MF Norwegian School of Theology and the University of Oslo. He has written a string of novels, short stories and essays and was editor of the literary magazine Vinduet.

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2024Commander of the Order of St. OlavAward2013Thorleif Dahl's prizeAward2001Nordic Council Literature PrizeAward2000Dobloug PrizeAward1993Aschehoug PrizeAward1984Mads Wiel Nygaard's EndowmentAwardNorwegian Critics Prize for LiteratureAward1953Born6 March 1953

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Jan Kjærstad (2011)

Awards

Commander of the Order of St. Olav2024

Thorleif Dahl's prize2013

Nordic Council Literature Prize2001

Dobloug Prize2000

Aschehoug Prize1993

Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment1984

Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature1984

About this person

He has received a number of prizes, the most important being the Nordic Council Literature Prize, which he received for the perspectivist trilogy about the TV personality Jonas Wergeland.

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Norway