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Knut Faldbakken (born 31 August 1941, in
Knut Faldbakken (born 31 August 1941, in Hamar
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) is a Norwegian
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novelist.
He studied psychology
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at Oslo University
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, and then worked as a journalist. Faldbakken visited a number of countries, working variously as a bookkeeper, sailor
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, and factory worker, and began writing books in 1967 while living in Paris.
He was editor of the literary magazine ''Vinduet
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'' (''The Window'') between 1975 and 1979.
His sons Stefan Faldbakken
Stefan Faldbakken (born 13 January 1972) is a Norwegian film director and screenwriter. His film ''Uro (film), Uro'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
Filmography
* ''Kosmonaut '' (2001)
* ''Anolit'' ...
and Matias Faldbakken
Matias Faldbakken (born 1973 in Hobro, Denmark) is a Norwegian artist and writer. Faldbakken studied at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Bergen and the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main. He is the son of the author Knut Faldbakken, father of ...
have achieved recognition as a film director and a novelist respectively.
His books have been published in 21 countries, translated to 18 languages and have sold two million copies worldwide.
Selected bibliography
* ''The Sleeping Prince'' (''Maude danser''), 1971 * '' Twilight Country'' (''Uår: Aftenlandet''), 1974 * ''Adam's Diary'' (''Adams dagbok''), 1978 * ''The Hunter'' (''Glahn''), 1985References