Knut Faldbakken (born 31 August 1941, in

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) is a Norwegian novelist. He studied

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at Oslo University, and then worked as a journalist. Faldbakken visited a number of countries, working variously as a bookkeeper,

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, and factory worker, and began writing books in 1967 while living in Paris. He was editor of the literary magazine ''

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'' (''The Window'') between 1975 and 1979. His sons Stefan Faldbakken 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''), 1985

References

1941 births Norwegian male writers Norwegian science fiction writers People from Hamar Hamar Katedralskole alumni Living people {{Norway-writer-stub