
Roy Jacobsen

Roy Jacobsen
Roy Jacobsen is a Norwegian novelist and short-story writer. Born in Oslo, he made his publishing debut in 1982 with the short-story collection Fangeliv (Prison Life), which won Tarjei Vesaas’ debutantpris. He is winner of the prestigious Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature and two of his novels have been nominated for the Nordic Council’s Literature Prize: Seierherrene (The Conquerors) in 1991 and Frost in 2004. The Burnt-Out Town of Miracles was published in Britain in 2008. Jacobsen lives in Oslo.
Roy Jacobsen is published by Biblioasis
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October 24, 2021
at 4pm
Reading
Dark Secrets of History: Roy Jacobsen & Sofi Oksanen
Roy Jacobsen, Sofi Oksanen, and Lee Randall
October 24, 2021 at 4pm

October 25, 2020
at 3:30pm
TIFA Event
The Landscapes of Us: Catherine Bush & Roy Jacobsen
Catherine Bush, Roy Jacobsen, and Lee Gowan
October 25, 2020 at 3:30pm