Vetle Lid Larssen (born 2 September 1960) is a Norwegian journalist and novelist.
Biography
He was born in
Stavanger
Stavanger (, , American English, US usually , ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the a ...
on 2 September 1960, and is a son of the Norwegian actor
Lars Andreas Larssen
Lars Andreas Larssen (27 March 1935 – 29 January 2014) was a Norwegian stage, film and television actor.[Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...]
, and was an award-winning journalist in the Norwegian dailies ''Morgenbladet'' and ''
Aftenposten
( in the masthead; ; Norwegian for "The Evening Post") is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation. It is based in Oslo. It sold 211,769 copies in 2015 (172,029 printed copies according to University of Bergen) and estimated 1.2 million ...
'', before he made his debut in 1990 with the novel ''2,'' which won him much acclaim.
Among his other books are ''Kjærlighet før øya synker'' (Love before the island sinks), ''Anti-sex'' and ''Norske Helter'' (Norwegian heroes).
In 2013 he published the documentary novel ''1001 natt'' (1001 night) - about the fate of two Norwegian slaves in northern Africa, and in 2015 the autobiographical ''Hvordan elske en far - og overleve'' (How to love a father - and survive), which both became national bestsellers.
Lid Larssen is translated to among other Danish, German and Italian.
He is currently columnist in ''A-magasinet''.
Selected bibliography
1990: ''2''
1996: ''Kjærlighet før øya synker''
1998: ''Anti-sex''
2006: ''Norske helter''
2013'': 1001 natt''
2015: ''Hvordan elske en far - og overleve''
Awards
''Gullpennen'' (1991)
''Arne Hestenes´ journalistpris (1993)''
''Sarpsborgprisen'' (1996)
References
1960 births
Living people
Artists from Stavanger
Norwegian journalists
Norwegian male novelists
20th-century Norwegian novelists
20th-century Norwegian male writers
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