Ottar Grepstad (born 1 October 1953) is a Norwegian Nynorsk writer.
He was born in Øyer.[1] In the 1970s he was the leader of the Young Liberals of Norway for a period. From 1984 to 1988 he edited the periodical Syn og Segn.[2] He worked in Det Norske Samlaget for many years, and has been manager for Noregs Mållag. In 1999 he became the leader of the Ivar Aasen Centre in Ørsta.[3] This centre is owned by Nynorsk kultursentrum; which is led by Grepstad as well.[4] From 1 January 2005 he has been a member of the Arts Council Norway,[5] and from 2006 to 2010 he has been a board member of the Norwegian Language Council. He left the Arts Council in late 2009.[6]
In 1997 he released the book Det litterære skattkammer. Sakprosaens teori og retorikk, which was claimed to be the "world's first theoretical book about prose".[7] In 1999 he was awarded the Norwegian Language Prize by the Norwegian Language Council.[8] In 2006 he released Viljen til språk. Ei nynorsk kulturhistorie and in 2010 Avisene som utvida Noreg. Nynorskpressa 1850-2010.
Grepstad resides in Volda.