Roy Jacobsen
Roy Jacobsen was a Norwegian novelist and short-story writer. Born in Oslo, he made his publishing début in 1982 with the short-story collection Fangeliv, which won Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. He won the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature and the Gyldendal Prize. Two of his novels have been nominated for The Nordic Council's Literature Prize: Seierherrene in 1991 and Frost in 2004. Several of his books have been translated into English. The Unseen was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2017 and he was twice shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award.Wikipedia →
Works
Vidunderbarn
Child Wonder
Norwegian · 2009Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise
1 translation
De Usynlige
The Unseen
Norwegian · 2013Novel
1 translation
Hvitt hav
White Shadow
Norwegian · 2015Novel
1 translation
Rigels øyne
Eyes of the Rigel
Norwegian · 2017Novel
1 translation
Bare en mor
Just a Mother
Norwegian · 2020Novel
1 translation