Bjarte Breiteig (17 March 1974) is a Norwegian

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writer.

Early life and education

Bjarte Breiteig was born in

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, Norway. He studied physics at NTNU in

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, but dropped out after two years to study literature at the same place. He has also studied at the Skrivekunstakademiet and the

University of Bergen The University of Bergen () is a public university, public research university in Bergen, Norway. As of 2021, the university had over 4,000 employees and 19,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 1946 consolidating several sci ...

Career

Published in 1998, Breiteig's first short story collection, ''Fantomsmerter'', received glowing reviews and ''Aschehougs debutantpris''. His next collection of short stories, ''Surrogater'' was published in 2000. In 2003, Breiteig was one of five young authors whose work was included in a collection of short stories published under the title of ''Borders'' by the European literary project ''Scritture Giovani'' with his "Fremover" translated into

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, German, English, and Italian. In 2006, his third short story collection, ''Folk har begynt å banke på'', was published.

Awards and recognition

Breiteig received the

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for young artists in 2004, and was awarded the

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in 2006.

References

*''Fantomsmerter'' (Phantom pains), 1998 *''Surrogater'' (Surrogates), 2000 *''Folk har begynt å banke på'' (Someone is knocking at the door), 2006 *''Île Sainte-Marie'', 2013 *''Mine fem år som far'', 2014 *''Den andre viljen'', 2016

External links

* (archived 2021)
Breiteig, Bjarte - Aschehoug & co
(English)

(Norwegian) Living people 1974 births Norwegian writers Writers from Kristiansand University of Bergen alumni {{Norway-writer-stub