Dag Solstad
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Dag Solstad (born 16 July 1941) is a Norwegian novelist, short-story writer, and dramatist whose work has been translated into 20
His awards include the
Personal life
Solstad was born in Sandefjord to merchant Ole Modal Solstad and Ragna Sofie Tveitan. His first marriage was to Erna Irene Asp, from 1968. From 1983 to 1990 he was married Tone Elisabeth Melgård. In 1995 he married journalist Therese Bjørneboe, and is thus son-in-law of writer Jens Bjørneboe.[2]
Selected works
In 16.07.41 (2002), he tells the story in the first-person narrative, of his long and frequent walks through the streets of Berlin. However, the story is at the same time a journey in pursuit of a father-son relationship.
T. Singer (1999) is a story about a 34-year-old librarian who leaves Oslo in search of a satisfying and anonymous life in a smaller town. He marries a single mother and at first feels contented in his invisible role as husband and stepfather. However, after two years, Singer files for divorce; she is later killed in a car accident. He returns to Oslo with his stepdaughter where they live together but lead separate lives. Singer broods and becomes very alone yet feels content in the fact that he has chosen an enigmatic lifestyle. This book contains philosophical and existential observations of someone seeking to authenticate their identity through chosen isolation rather than social integration.
His 1982 novel
Other writings and assessment
With fellow novelist Jon Michelet, Solstad has published a book after each of the FIFA World Cups in 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994 and 1998. The books blend analytic reporting with political and cultural commentary, and are contributions to genuine literature.
Solstad has also published various essays and articles, both for literary magazines and newspapers, and selections of these have been collected and published in three separate volumes.
In her PhD thesis Why So Big? A Literary Discourse Analysis of Dag Solstad's Authorship (University of Oslo, 2009), Inger Østenstad argues from different perspectives that Solstad is Norway's greatest contemporary writer, and uses a version of Dominique Maingueneau's discourse theory to analyse the components of oeuvre, reception,
Novels
- Irr! Grønt! – (1969)
- Arild Asnes, 1970 – (1971)
- 25. septemberplassen – (1974)
- Svik. Førkrigsår – (1977)
- Krig. 1940 (War. 1940) – (1978)
- Brød og våpen (Bread and Weapons) – (1980)
- Gymnaslærer Pedersens beretning om den store politiske vekkelse som har hjemsøkt vårt land – (1982)
- Forsøk på å beskrive det ugjennomtrengelige – (1984)
- Roman 1987 (Novel 1987) – (1987)
- Medaljens forside (The Front of the Medal) – (1990)
- Ellevte roman, bok atten (Novel 11, Book 18) – (1992)
- Genanse og verdighet (Shyness and Dignity) – (1994)
- Professor Andersens natt (Professor Andersen's Night) – (1996)
- T. Singer – (1999)
- 16/07/41 – (2002)
- Armand V. Fotnoter til en uutgravd roman (Armand V. Footnotes from an unexcavated novel) – (2006)
- 17. roman (Novel 17) − (2009)
- Det uoppløselige episke element i Telemark i perioden 1591-1896 : roman (2013)
- Tredje, og siste, roman om Bjørn Hansen (2019)
Awards and prizes
- Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment 1969
- Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature 1969, for Irr! Grønt!
- Språklig samlings litteraturpris 1982
- Nordic Council's Literature Prize1989, for Roman 1987
- Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature 1992, for Novel 11, Book 18
- Dobloug Prize 1996
- Gyldendalprisen1996
- Brage Prize Honorary Award 1998
- Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature 1999, for T. Singer
- Vestfolds Litteraturpris 2001
- Aschehoug Prize 2004
- Brage Prize 2006, for Armand V. Fotnoter til en uutgravd roman
- Swedish Academy Nordic Prize 2017[5]
References
- ^ "Solstad Dag". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ Rottem, Øystein. "Dag Solstad". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- ^ "Norway's Greatest Living Writer is Actually Dag Solstad". Literary Hub. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ^ "Svenska Akademiens nordiska pris - Svenska Akademien". www.svenskaakademien.se. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
External links
- Dag Solstad's biography and bibliography at Aschehoug Agency
- Dag Solstad Archived 20 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine at Forlaget Oktober
- Solstad bibliography : literature by and on Dag Solstad (National Library of Norway)
Reviews
- Dag Solstad, The Art of Fiction No. 230 – interview with Ane Farsethås in The Paris Review, Issue 217, Summer 2016
- Marginal Men Take Center Stage in the Novels of Dag Solstad – James Wood in The New Yorker, 15 October 2018. Published in the print edition of 22 October 2018 issue, with the headline "Not Important."
- Novel 11, book18 – Paul Binding in The Independent, 12 December 2008
- Shyness and Dignity – Boyd Tonkin in The Independent, 28 November 2006