Jan Roar Leikvoll Explained

Jan Roar Leikvoll (7 June 1974 – 1 August 2014) was a Norwegian novelist.

In 2002-2003 he studied creative writing at the Academy Skrivekunstakademiet at Bergen.[1]

He published four novels: Eit vintereventyr ("A Winter Story", 2008), Fiolinane ("The Violins", 2010), Bovara (2012), and Songfuglen ("The Songbird", 2013), all on the publishing house Det Norske Samlaget.[2]

He was awarded the Nynorsk Literature Prize for "The Violins"[3] and Stig Sæterbakken's memorial prize for his three first novels.[4] He was also awarded the Bokhandelens forfatterstipend in 2013, a grant for writers by the Norwegian Booksellers Association.[5]

Leikvoll was open about living with a brain tumor a big part of his life.[6] He died on 1 August 2014.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jan Roar Leikvoll er død . Skrivekunstakademiet . 1 August 2014 . 3 August 2014.
  2. Web site: Jan Roar Leikvoll (1974 -). Det Norske Samlaget. 26 December 2013.
  3. Web site: Nynorsk litteraturpris 2010 tildelt Jan Roar Leikvoll . Norwegian Literature Abroad - NORLA online . 3 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140426062636/http://www.norla.no/nyhetsspalter/norsk/nynorsk_litteraturpris_2010_tildelt_jan_roar_leikvoll . 26 April 2014 .
  4. http://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/Leikvoll-fikk-Stig-Saterbakkens-minnepris-7300129.html Leikvoll fikk Stig Sæterbakkens minnepris
  5. Web site: Forfatter Jan Roar Leikvoll er død. Fakta box . nrk.no . 1 August 2014 . 3 August 2014 . Linn Carin Dirdal.
  6. Web site: Forfatter Jan Roar Leikvoll er død. Aftenposten. Norwegian. August 2, 2014. August 1, 2014.

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