Espen Haavardsholm (born 10 February 1945, in

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) is a Norwegian novelist, poet, biographer and essayist. He made his literary debut in 1966 with the collection of short stories, ''Tidevann''. He was one of the central writers in the modernist literary magazine '' Profil''. He has written biographies on Martin Linge (his grandfather),

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Awards

* Gyldendal's Endowment 1970 *'' Aschehoug Prize'' 2006.

References

1945 births Living people 20th-century Norwegian novelists 21st-century Norwegian novelists Norwegian male poets Norwegian essayists Norwegian male novelists Male essayists 20th-century essayists 21st-century essayists 20th-century Norwegian male writers 21st-century Norwegian male writers {{Norway-writer-stub