Lars Saabye Christensen

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Lars Saabye Christensen (born September 21, 1953 in Oslo) is a Norwegian author. Among his most noted work are the novels Beatles (1984) and Halvbroren (The Half Brother in English) (2001). His debut was in 1976 with the poem collection Historien om Gly, but he released a poem collection, named Grønt lys (Green light), when he was 19 years. . Among other notable books by this author, is Herman, Gutten Som Ville Være En Av Gutta, Maskeblomstfamilien and Modellen.

In 2002 he received the The Nordic Council's Literature Prize for his book The Halfbrother. The book was also shortlisted for the 2005 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

v • d • e Recipients of the Nordic Council's Literature Prize (List) 1962: Eyvind Johnson · 1963: Väinö Linna · 1964: Tarjei Vesaas · 1965: William Heinesen &: Olof Lagercrantz · 1966: Gunnar Ekelöf · 1967: Johan Borgen · 1968: Per Olof Sundman · 1969: Per Olov Enquist · 1970: Klaus Rifbjerg · 1971: Thorkild Hansen · 1972: Karl Vennberg · 1973: Veijo Meri · 1974: Villy Sørensen · 1975: Hannu Salama · 1976: Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson · 1977: Bo Carpelan · 1978: Kjartan Fløgstad · 1979: Ivar Lo-Johansson · 1980: Sara Lidman · 1981: Snorri Hjartarson · 1982: Sven Delblanc · 1983: Peter Seeberg · 1984: Göran Tunström · 1985: Antti Tuuri · 1986: Rói Patursson · 1987: Herbjørg Wassmo · 1988: Thor Vilhjálmsson · 1989: Dag Solstad · 1990: Tomas Tranströmer · 1991: Nils-Aslak Valkeapää · 1992: Friða Á. Sigurðardóttir · 1993: Peer Hultberg · 1994: Kerstin Ekman · 1995: Einar Már Guðmundsson · 1996: Øystein Lønn · 1997: Dorrit Willumsen · 1998: Tua Forsström · 1999: Pia Tafdrup · 2000: Henrik Nordbrandt · 2001: Jan Kjærstad · 2002: Lars Saabye Christensen · 2003: Eva Ström · 2004: Kari Hotakainen · 2005: Sjón · 2006: Göran Sonnevi · 2007: Sara Stridsberg