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Roy Jacobsen was a Norwegian novelist and short-story writer. Born in Oslo, he made his publishing début in 1982 with the short-story collection Fangeliv, which won Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. He won the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature and the Gyldendal Prize.

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2023Commander of the Order of St. Olav‎
2017Knights of the Order of the Falcon
2012Dobloug Prize
2009Norwegian Booksellers' Prize
2005Gyldendal Prize
2003Riksmål Society Literature Prize
2000European of the Year, Norway
1994Ivar Lo Award
1991Norwegian Booksellers' Prize
1987Cappelen Prize
1987Nota Bene Book Prize
1982Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris

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Roy Jacobsen was a Norwegian novelist and short-story writer. Born in Oslo, he made his publishing début in 1982 with the short-story collection Fangeliv, which won Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. He won the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature and the Gyldendal Prize. Two of his novels have been nominated for The Nordic Council's Literature Prize: Seierherrene in 1991 and Frost in 2004. Several of his books have been translated into English. The Unseen was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2017 and he was twice shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award.

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Norway
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Writers
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deceased
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Lived 1954 to 2025 · aged 70
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