Finn Alnæs (20 January 1932 – 3 November 1991) was a Norwegian novelist. He was born in

Bærum Bærum () is a municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Norway that forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a population of 128,760 (2021). It is part of the electoral ...

. He made his literary debut with the novel ''Koloss'' (1963). Alnæs was awarded the

Norwegian Booksellers' Prize The Norwegian Booksellers' Prize (''Bokhandlerprisen'') is a literature prize awarded annually by the Norwegian Booksellers Association after voting among all who work in Norwegian bookstores. The prize is awarded for one of the year's books in t ...

and the

Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature The Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature (''Den norske Kritikerprisen for litteratur'' or ''Kritikerprisen'') is awarded by the Norwegian Literature Critics' Association (''Norsk Litteraturkritikerlag'') and has been awarded every year since 1950 ...

in 1968 for the novel ''Gemini''. Both his books ''Koloss'' and ''Gemini'' were nominated for the

Nordic Council's Literature Prize The Nordic Council Literature Prize is awarded for a work of literature written in one of the languages of the Nordic countries, that meets "high literary and artistic standards". Established in 1962, the prize is awarded every year, and is worth ...

, but did not win the prize.

Awards

1968 *

1968

References

1932 births 1991 deaths Writers from Bærum People educated at the Haagaas School 20th-century Norwegian novelists {{Norway-writer-stub