| Date of Birth | 01-September-1947 | |
| Place of Birth |
Oslo (Norway) |
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| Nationality | Norway | |
| Profession | Author, Poet, Translator | |
| Jan Jakob Tønseth is a Norwegian author, poet and translator. Tønseth debuted as a poet with the poetry collection Kimærer in 1971, when he was only 24 years of age. He achieved broad recognition as a novelist with his trilogy about the ex-communist Hilmar Iversen. Tønseth is a member of Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature. | ||
Awards by Jan Jakob Tønseth |
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