Pål Sundvor (8 September 1920 – 11 November 1992) was a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

journalist, novelist, children's writer, poet and playwright. He was born in

Fusa Fusa () is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. It existed from 1856 until its dissolution in 2020. It was located east of the city of Bergen in the Midhordland region. The administrative centre of the municipality was the ...

, and made his literary début in 1947 with the children's book ''Ola frå garden''. Among his other works are the novel ''Fangen er fri'' from 1960, the poetry collection ''Loffarens vise'' from 1962, and the play ''Kurdarspel'' from 1978. He was awarded the

Gyldendal's Endowment Gyldendal's Endowment was a literature prize which was awarded in the period 1934–1995 by the Norwegian publisher Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. The prize was awarded to significant authors, regardless of which publisher the author was associated wi ...

in 1975.

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1920 births 1992 deaths People from Fusa 20th-century Norwegian novelists 20th-century Norwegian poets Norwegian male poets Norwegian children's writers Norwegian male novelists 20th-century Norwegian male writers {{Norway-writer-stub