Tor Obrestad
Tor Obrestad was a Norwegian novelist, poet and documentary writer.
Obrestad was born in Hå Municipality on 12 February 1938. His parents were farmer Jon R. Obrestad and Sophie Riise.
He studied at the teacher's college in Elverum and worked as a schoolteacher, and then studied at the University of Oslo. He eventually became a full-time writer, and was also assigned as journalist for the newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad. He died on 25 January 2020.
Literary career
Obrestad made his literary debut in 1966 with two books, the poetry collection Kollisjon and a collection of short stories, Vind, and received Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris for these two books. He was a member of the so-called Profil generation in 1968, the circle attached to the literary magazine Profil. He wrote biographies on Arne Garborg, Hulda Garborg, Alexander Kielland and Einar Førde.
His novel Sauda! Streik! from 1972 was adapted for the film Streik!, directed by Oddvar Bull Tuhus in 1975.
Selected works
Kollisjon, poetry, 1966Vind, short stories, 1966Vårt daglige brød, poetry, 1968Marionettar, novel, 1969Den norske løve, poetry, 1970Sauda! Streik!, novel, 1972Sauda og Shanghai, poetry, 1973Stå saman, poetry, 1974Tolken, short stories, 1975Baba Anastasia og andre tekster, short stories, 1976Stå på! Roman om ein arbeidskonflikt, novel, 1976Vinterdikt, poetry, 1979Reisa til bestemor, children's book, 1980Ein gong må du seie adjø, novel, 1981Sjå Jæren, gamle Jæren, short stories, 1982Kamelen i Jomarskogen, children's book, 1985Misteltein, poetry, 1987Seks netter, seks dagar, novel, 1989Arne Garborg, biography, 1991 Hulda, biography of Hulda Garborg, 1992 Forsøk på å halde fast tida, short stories, 1993Mimosa, myosotis, rosmarin, poetry, 1994Sannhetens pris. Alexander Kielland, biography, 1996Jæren. Eld or blått. Ei samling poesi i ord og bilete, poetry, 1997Bernhards mor. En drøm, novel, 1998Kvinnene i Casablanca og andre historier, short stories, 2002Krokodillen Alexander og navigator emeritus, Reinert i Sjøhusgaten. Ei oppbyggeleg fortelling frå ein liten by, children's book, 2002Einar Førde, biography, 2007
Awards