Tom Lotherington Explained

Tom Lotherington
Birth Date:	15 June 1950
Nationality:	Norwegian
Occupation:	Writer and translator
Awards:	Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment Bastian Prize Herman Wildenvey Poetry Award

Tom Lotherington (born 15 June 1950) is a Norwegian poet, novelist, biographer and translator. He made his literary debut in 1972 with the poetry collection Hverdagsfantasier. He has written the novels Den tredje tjeneren (1985) and Kjødets gjerninger (1989), and biographies on the poets Herman Wildenvey and Harald Sverdrup. He was head of The Norwegian Writers' Center from 2001 to 2005.^[1]

Lotherington received the Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment in 1995^[2] and the Herman Wildenvey Poetry Award in 2010.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: 2007 . Tom Lotherington . . Henriksen, Petter . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . Norwegian . 4 April 2009 .
2. Web site: Mads Wiel Nygaards Legat . Forfatterportalen.no . Norwegian . 4 April 2009.
3. http://litteraturivestfold.origo.no/-/bulletin/show/740966_wildenveyprisen-2012?ref=checkpoint Wildenveyprisen 2012. 2012. Litteratur i Vestfold (June 6).
4. http://www.op.no/kultur/wildenvey-pris-til-tom-lotherington/s/1-85-5089383 Wildenvey-pris til Tom Lotherington. 2010. Ostlands-Posten (April 26).