Tor Eystein Øverås (born 17 July 1968) is a Norwegian literary critic and essayist. He also issued one novel.
Øverås issued the novel Tittelløs in 1993 on Gyldendal. He later issued several books on writing and literature - Fortelleren (1996), Til. En litterær reise (2005), Livet! Litteraturen! (2009), I dette landskap (2012), Hva er et essay? (2014), and Skrive, teikne, røre og slåst! (2018) - all but the last on Gyldendal.[1]
In 2010 he received the Norwegian Critics Prize as literary critic of the year.[2]