Jan Kjærstad

Jan Kjærstad (born 6 March 1953 in Oslo) is a Norwegian author.^[1]^[2] Kjærstad is a theology graduate from MF Norwegian School of Theology and the University of Oslo (cand. theol.). He has written a string of novels, short stories and essays and was editor of the literary magazine Vinduet ("The Window"). 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 (The Seducer, The Conqueror and The Discoverer).

His books have been translated to English, French, German, Danish, Swedish, and Hungarian, among others.

Bibliography

The Earth Turns Quietly ("Kloden dreier stille rundt", Short stories, 1980)
Mirrors ("Speil", Novel, 1982)
Homo Falsus or the Perfect Murder ("Homo Falsus eller det perfekte mord", Novel, 1984)
The Great Fairy Tale ("Det store eventyret". Novel, 1987)
The Matrix of Man ("Menneskets matrise", Essays, 1989)
The Arabian Nights, vols 1 and 2 ("Tusen og én natt", Bind 1 og 2. Ed. 1989)
The Hunt for the Hidden Waffle Hearts ("Jakten på de skjulte vaffelhjertene", Picture book, 1989)
Brink ("Rand", Novel, 1990)
The Seducer ("Forføreren", Novel, 1993)
With Sheherazade, Imagination's Queen ("Hos Sheherasad, fantasiens dronning", Picture book, 1995)
The Conqueror ("Erobreren", Novel, 1996)
The Human Sphere ("Menneskets felt", Essays, 1997)
The Discoverer ("Oppdageren", Novel, 1999)
Signs for Love ("Tegn til kjærlighet", Novel, 2002)
The King of Europe ("Kongen av Europa", Novel, 2005)
I am the Walker brothers ("Jeg er brødrene Walker", Novel, 2008)
The Path of Kins ("Slekters gang", Novel, 2015)
Berge (Novel, 2017)

Prizes and recognition

1984 - Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment (a prize awarded to promising authors in memory of Mads Wiel Nygaard by the publisher Aschehoug)
1984 - Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature for Homo Falsus
1993 - Aschehougprisen (the primary literature prize awarded annually by the publisher Aschehoug)
1998 - Henrik Steffens-prisen (the Henrik Steffens literature prize is awarded by the university system in Hamburg)
2000 - Doblougprisen (Awarded by the Swedish Academy)
2001 - Nordic Council's Literature Prize for Oppdageren

References

↑ Jan Kjærstad in Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian)
↑ Jan Kjærstad – utdypning in Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian)

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[1] Jan Kjærstad in Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian)

[2] Jan Kjærstad – utdypning in Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian)

Nordic Council Literature Prize winners
1960s	1962: The Days of His Grace – Eyvind Johnson 1963: Under the North Star 3: Reconciliation – Väinö Linna 1964: The Ice Palace – Tarjei Vesaas 1965: From Hell to Paradise – Olof Lagercrantz and The Good Hope – William Heinesen 1966: Diwan on the Prince of Emgion – Gunnar Ekelöf 1967: Nye noveller – Johan Borgen 1968: Flight of the Eagle – Per Olof Sundman 1969: The Legionnaires – Per Olov Enquist
1970s	1970: Anna, I, Anna – Klaus Rifbjerg 1971: Coast of Slaves, Ships of Slaves & Islands of Slaves – Thorkild Hansen 1972: Sju ord på tunnelbanan – Karl Vennberg 1973: Kersantin poika – Veijo Meri 1974: Uden mål – og med – Villy Sørensen 1975: Siinä näkijä missä tekijä – Hannu Salama 1976: Að laufferjum & Að brunnum – Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson 1977: I de mörka rummen, i de ljusa – Bo Carpelan 1978: Dalen Portland – Kjartan Fløgstad 1979: Pubertet – Ivar Lo-Johansson
1980s	1980: Vredens barn – Sara Lidman 1981: Hauströkkrið yfir mér – Snorri Hjartarson 1982: Samuels bok – Sven Delblanc 1983: Om fjorten dage – Peter Seeberg 1984: The Christmas Oratorio – Göran Tunström 1985: A Day in Ostrobothnia – Antti Tuuri 1986: Líkasum – Rói Patursson 1987: Hudløs himmel – Herbjørg Wassmo 1988: Justice Undone – Thor Vilhjálmsson 1989: Roman 1987 – Dag Solstad
1990s	1990: For the Living and the Dead – Tomas Tranströmer 1991: The Sun, My Father – Nils-Aslak Valkeapää 1992: Night Watch – Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir 1993: Byen og verden – Peer Hultberg 1994: Blackwater – Kerstin Ekman 1995: Angels of the Universe – Einar Már Guðmundsson 1996: Hva skal vi gjøre i dag og andre noveller – Øystein Lønn 1997: Bang. En roman om Herman Bang – Dorrit Willumsen 1998: After Having Spent a Night Among Horses – Tua Forsström 1999: Queen's Gate – Pia Tafdrup
2000s	2000: Drømmebroer – Henrik Nordbrandt 2001: The Discoverer – Jan Kjærstad 2002: The Half Brother – Lars Saabye Christensen 2003: Revbensstäderna – Eva Ström 2004: Juoksuhaudantie – Kari Hotakainen 2005: The Blue Fox – Sjón 2006: The Ocean – Göran Sonnevi 2007: Drömfakulteten – Sara Stridsberg 2008: Baboon – Naja Marie Aidt 2009: I Curse the River of Time – Per Petterson
2010s	2010: Purge – Sofi Oksanen 2011: Between the Trees – Gyrðir Elíasson 2012: Days in the History of Silence – Merethe Lindstrøm 2013: The Prophets of Eternal Fjord – Kim Leine 2014: Mirage 38 – Kjell Westö 2015: Wakefulness, Olav's Dreams & Weariness – Jon Fosse
List of Nordic Council's Literature Prize winners and nominees