Bjarte Breiteig
Bjarte Breiteig is a Norwegian short story writer.
Early life and education
Bjarte Breiteig was born in Kristiansand, Norway.
He studied physics at NTNU in Trondheim, 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.[citation needed]
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 Welsh, 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 Anders Jahre Culture Prize for young artists) in 2004, and was awarded the Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment 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
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- Official website (archived 2021)
- Breiteig, Bjarte - Aschehoug & co (English)
- Breiteig, Bjarte - Dagbladet :litteratur (Norwegian)
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