Vidar Sundstøl
Vidar Sundstøl (born June 30, 1963 in Drangedal ) is a Norwegian writer who became famous for his crime novels. In addition to his birthplace, he spent several years in Egypt and Minnesota , USA . He currently lives in Bø (Telemark), Norway . In 1987 Sundstøl completed the annual course in writing at Telemark University College (HiT) in Bø. He published his first novel in 2005. In March 2009, he was awarded the Riverton Prize for his fourth novel "Drømmenes land" . In 2009 Sundstøl also received a state scholarship for writers for three years. The novel “Drømmenes land” was the only one to have been translated into German so far (2020) (under the title “Traumland”). Other translations were made into English, French and Dutch.
bibliography
- 2005 commandolinjer
- 2006 I Alexandria
- 2007 Tingene hennes
- 2008 Drømmenes land (Minnesota-Trilogy 1) (German dreamland . Hoffmann & Campe, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-455-40282-7 )
- 2009 De døde (Minnesota Trilogy 2)
- 2011 Ravnene (Minnesota Trilogy 3)
- 2013 Besettelsen
- 2015 Djevelens giftering
- 2020 Oseberg
Awards
- 2008 Riverton Prize for Drømmenes land
Web links
- Short biography at schwedenkrimi.de
- Crime “Traumland”: Book review from November 3, 2011 at Deutschlandfunk Kultur
Individual evidence
- ↑ See short biography at schwedenkrimi.de
- ↑ See Store Norsk Lexikon (Norwegian, accessed January 10, 2020)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sundstøl, Vidar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Drangedal , Norway |