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




Early and personal life


Obrestad was born in Hå on 12 February 1938. His parents were farmer Jon R. Obrestad and Sophie Riise.
He studied at the teacher's college in Elverum and worked as a schoolteacher, and then studied at the University of Oslo. He eventually became a full-time writer, and was also assigned as journalist for the newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad. He died on 25 January 2020.




Literary career


Obrestad 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. He wrote biographies on Arne Garborg, Hulda Garborg, Alexander Kielland and Einar Førde.
His novel Sauda! Streik! from 1972 was adapted for a film directed by Oddvar Bull Tuhus in 1975.




Selected works


Kollisjon, poetry, 1966
Vind, short stories, 1966
Vårt daglige brød, poetry, 1968
Marionettar, novel, 1969
Den norske løve, poetry, 1970
Sauda! Streik!, novel, 1972
Sauda og Shanghai, poetry, 1973
Stå saman, poetry, 1974
Tolken, short stories, 1975
Baba Anastasia og andre tekster, short stories, 1976
Stå på! Roman om ein arbeidskonflikt, novel, 1976
Vinterdikt, poetry, 1979
Reisa til bestemor, children's book, 1980
Ein gong må du seie adjø, novel, 1981
Sjå Jæren, gamle Jæren, short stories, 1982
Kamelen i Jomarskogen, children's book, 1985
Misteltein, poetry, 1987
Seks netter, seks dagar, novel, 1989
Arne Garborg, biography, 1991
Hulda, biography of Hulda Garborg, 1992
Forsøk på å halde fast tida, short stories, 1993
Mimosa, myosotis, rosmarin, poetry, 1994
Sannhetens pris. Alexander Kielland, biography, 1996
Jæren. Eld or blått. Ei samling poesi i ord og bilete, poetry, 1997
Bernhards mor. En drøm, novel, 1998
Kvinnene i Casablanca og andre historier, short stories, 2002
Krokodillen Alexander og navigator emeritus, Reinert i Sjøhusgaten. Ei oppbyggeleg fortelling frå ein liten by, children's book, 2002
Einar Førde, biography, 2007




Awards


Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris 1966
Gyldendal's Endowment 1971




References

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