Jan Inge Sørbø (born 16 September 1954) is a Norwegian philologist, author and poet. He was born at Bru in Rennesøy municipality in

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, and took the cand.philol. degree in the history of literature at the University of Bergen in 1982.Profile
at '' Dagbladet'' He debuted as a poet in 1986, and has also written novels. He has a background in the media, as journalist in '' Dagen'' from 1980 to 1987 and '' Stavanger Aftenblad'' from 1987 to 1989, and editor of ''

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'' from 1993 to 1997. He was appointed professor at the

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in 2001, and has been affiliated with the

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