Jan Kjærstad

Jan Kjærstad (born 6 March 1953 in

• The Earth Turns Quietly ("Kloden dreier stille rundt", Short stories, 1980)
• Mirrors ("Speil", Novel, 1982)
• Homo Falsus or the Perfect Murder ("Homo Falsus eller det perfekte mord", Novel, 1984)
• The Great Fairy Tale ("Det store eventyret". Novel, 1987)
• The Matrix of Man ("Menneskets matrise", Essays, 1989)
• The Arabian Nights, vols 1 and 2 ("Tusen og én natt", Bind 1 og 2. Ed. 1989)
• The Hunt for the Hidden Waffle Hearts ("Jakten på de skjulte vaffelhjertene", Picture book, 1989)
• Brink ("Rand", Novel, 1990)
• The Seducer ("Forføreren", Novel, 1993)
• With Sheherazade, Imagination's Queen ("Hos Sheherasad, fantasiens dronning", Picture book, 1995)
• The Conqueror ("Erobreren", Novel, 1996)
• The Human Sphere ("Menneskets felt", Essays, 1997)
• The Discoverer ("Oppdageren", Novel, 1999)
• Signs for Love ("Tegn til kjærlighet", Novel, 2002)
• The King of Europe ("Kongen av Europa", Novel, 2005)
• I am the Walker brothers ("Jeg er brødrene Walker", Novel, 2008)
• The Path of Kins ("Slekters gang", Novel, 2015)
• Berge (Novel, 2017)

Prizes and recognition

• 1984 –
  Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment (a prize awarded to promising authors in memory of Mads Wiel Nygaard by the publisher Aschehoug
  )
• 1984 – Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature for Homo Falsus
• 1993 – Aschehougprisen (the primary literature prize awarded annually by the publisher Aschehoug)
• 1998 – Henrik Steffens-prisen (the Henrik Steffens literature prize is awarded by the university system in Hamburg)
• 2000 – Doblougprisen (Awarded by the Swedish Academy)
• 2001 –
  Nordic Council's Literature Prize
  for Oppdageren

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