Tor Obrestad

Tor Obrestad (12 February 1938 – 25 January 2020) was a Norwegian novelist, poet and documentary writer.

Tor Obrestad
Born	(1938-02-12)12 February 1938 Hå, Norway
Died	25 January 2020(2020-01-25) (aged 81) Nærbø, Norway
Occupation	Novelist, poet and documentary writer
Nationality	Norwegian
Period	1966–2020
Genre	Poetry, short stories, biography

Obrestad was born in Hå. He made his literary debut in 1966 with two books, the poetry collection Kollisjon and a collection of short stories, Vind, and received Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris for these two books. He was a member of the so-called Profil generation in 1968, the circle attached to the literary magazine Profil.[1] He wrote biographies on Arne Garborg, Hulda Garborg, Alexander Kielland and Einar Førde.