Solstad, Dag

Winner of the 2006 Brage Prize, The 1989 Nordic Council's Prize for Literature, and the Norwegian Critics' Prize in 1962, 1992 and 1999

Dag Solstad (b 1941) entered the literary scene in 1965 with Spirals, a collection of short stories, and have since been Norway’s most prominent author. He has written numerous novels, short stories, plays and collections of articles. Dag Solstad has received several literary prizes and awards, among them the Critics’ Prize – which he has received no less than three times, and in 1988 he won the Nordic Prize for Literature for Novel 1987. Solstad’s books have been published in several languages, among them English, German, Italian, Russian and Dutch.

Praise for Dag Solstad:

"Dag Solstad’s new novel glows … Above all through the linguistic brilliance with which he renders his main character … The first fifty pages are flawlessly brilliant - I shiver with joy of reading … A lot to ponder over – a good book."
(Dagens Nyheter, Sweden)

"With sublime restraint and subtle modulation, Solstad conveys an entire age of sorrow and loss."
(Publishers Weekly)

“Dag Solstad’s eminence in Norway is abundantly justified by this profound and courageous study of solitude in society, and despair within enviable security.”
(Times Literary Supplement, UK)

“Since his literary debut in 1965, he has been one of the most instigating authors of his generation”
(Que Leer, Spain)