Tomas Espedal
Tomas Espedal at Oslo bokfestival 2011
Born	(1961-11-12)12 November 1961 (age 63) Bergen, Norway
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Norwegian

Tomas Espedal (born 12 November 1961) is aNorwegian writer.

Espedal was born in Bergen. He made his literary debut in 1988 with the novelEn vill flukt av parfymer. His novelGå. Eller kunsten å leve et vilt og poetisk liv (English:Go. The Art of Living a Wild and Poetic Life) from 2006 was nominated for theNordic Council's Literature Prize.^[1] He was awarded theNorwegian Critics Prize for Literature for 2009 for his novelImot kunsten (notatbøkene).^[2]

In 2018 he issued the novelElsken, and he was portrayed in the filmJeg vil bo i mitt navn, directed by Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo.^[3]

• En vill flukt av parfymer. (1988)
• Jeg vil bo i mitt navn. (1990)
• Hun og jeg. (1991)
• Hotel Norge. (1995)
• Blond (erindring). (1996)
• Biografi (glemsel). (1999)
• Dagbok (epitafer). (2003)
• Brev (et forsøk). (2005)
• Gå. Eller kunsten å leve et vilt og poetisk liv. (2006)
• Ly. (2007)
• Imot kunsten. (2009)
• Imot naturen. (2011)
• Bergeners. (2013)
• Mitt privatliv. Liv og kunst. Liv som kunst. (2014)
• Året. (2016)
• Elsken. (2018)

• Awarded in the P2/Book Club Novel Competition 1991
• Bergen Prize 2006
• Nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2006 for "Gå. Kunsten å leve et vilt og poetisk liv" (Go. The Art of Living a Wild and Poetic Life)
• Nominated for theNordic Council Literature Prize 2009 for "Imot kunsten" (Against Art)
• Critics' Prize 2009, for "Imot kunsten" (Against Art)
• Gyldendal Prize 2009, for "Imot kunsten" (Against Art)
• Brage Prize 2011, for "Imot naturen" (Against Nature)
• Nominated forThe International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2013

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