Øyvind Vågnes (4 August 1972 – 7 January 2025) was a Norwegian novelist, magazine editor and researcher.

Life and career

Vågnes was born in

Brattvåg Brattvåg is the administrative centre of Haram Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the Norwegian mainland, along the west side of the Samfjorden. It is located about northwest of the villages of Vatne/ E ...

on 4 August 1972. He made his literary debut in 2003 with the novel ''Ingen skal sove i natt''. He 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. ...

in 2005, for the novel ''Ekko''. He was co-editor of the magazine ''Ekfrase - Nordisk Tidsskrift for Visuell Kultur''. Among his non-fiction works are ''Zaprudered : the Kennedy Assassination Film in Visual Culture'' from 2011, and ''Den dokumentariske teikneserien'' from 2014. Vågnes died from

lung fibrosis Pulmonary fibrosis is a condition in which the lungs become scarred over time. Symptoms include shortness of breath, a dry cough, feeling tired, weight loss, and nail clubbing. Complications may include pulmonary hypertension, respiratory fail ...

at Haukeland hospital in

Bergen Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 20 ...

, on 7 January 2025, at the age of 52.

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* 1972 births 2025 deaths People from Haram, Norway Norwegian male novelists Norwegian magazine editors 21st-century Norwegian novelists 21st-century Norwegian male writers Deaths from pulmonary fibrosis {{Editor-stub