Jon Tolaas (3 June 1939–1 September 2012) was a Norwegian teacher, poet and

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living wage, living writing novels and other fiction, while other ...

. He was born in

Vågsøy Vågsøy is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The municipality's administrative center was the town Måløy. Other population centers in Vågsøy included ...

. Among his

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s are ''Gjest i ditt tjeld'' from 1968 and ''Rapport frå reservatet'' from 1969. He published the novel ''Sju'' in 1971. His book ''Nattkino. Ei bok om draum'' from 1992 is based on a former newspaper column that he wrote for ''

Bergens Tidende is Norway's fifth-largest newspaper, and the country's largest newspaper outside Oslo. is owned by the public company Schibsted ASA. Norwegian owners held a mere 42% of the shares in Schibsted at the end of 2015. History and profile Founded ...

''. He was awarded the

Sogn og Fjordane Sogn og Fjordane (; literally "Parish and the Fjords") was a Counties of Norway, county in western Norway, from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged to become part of Vestland county. Bordering previous counties Møre og Romsda ...

Cultural Prize in 1987.

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