Liv Nysted (27 August 1949 – 21 March 2010) was a Norwegian writer. She was born in

Alvdal Alvdal is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Alvdal (villa ...

, and made her debut in 1985 with ''Alltid disse bildene på nippet til å bli synlige''. Later books include ''Samle på i morgen, vente til i går'' (1988), ''Som om noe noengang tar slutt'' (1990), ''Balladen om Ewi Halvorsen'' (1991), ''Ensomheten har syv huder'' (1992), ''Du var så vakker over meg'' (1995), ''Der husa står ute om vinteren (1998)'' and ''Metastase'' (2003) Liv Nysted had her language and literature exam from The University of Oslo, and from the Writer's School in Bø. She worked for many years as a teacher. In 1997 she received the Sigmund Skar-scholarship, og in 2000 she was granted a working scholarship for writers. In 1990 she was awarded the

Nynorsk Literature Prize The Nynorsk Literature Prize is awarded annually by Noregs Mållag, Det Norske Teatret and Det Norske Samlaget for the best book in either Nynorsk or dialect. The award is presented for the best novel, poetry, novellas, or drama in the past year. ...

. She died in March 2010.

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1949 births 2010 deaths People from Alvdal Norwegian writers Norwegian women writers {{Norway-writer-stub