Kaj Skagen (born October 23, 1949) is a Norwegian writer,.[1] He received the Riksmål Society Literature Prize in 1991. His first book Gatedik was published in 1971. From 1978 to 1980, he published and edited the periodical "Arken". In 1982 he won the first prize of a national novel contest with the novel Broene brenner. In 1983 he published Bazarovs barn,[1] a harsh critique of contemporary Norwegian literature.