Sigmund Løvåsen
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Born | Trysil, Norway | 16 August 1977
Nationality | Norwegian |
Occupation(s) | Novelist and playwright |
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Sigmund Løvåsen (born 16 August 1977) is a Norwegian novelist and playwright. He chaired the Norwegian Authors' Union from 2012 to 2017, and has chaired the Arts Council Norway since 2022.
Career
[edit]Løvåsen was born in Trysil, and studied in Volda, Bø and Gothenburg. He made his literary début in 2003 with the novel Nyryddinga , for which he was awarded the Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. In 2006 he published the novel Brakk , and in 2009 the novel Mamselle Iversen. His plays include Daga from 2004, Vente på fugl (2009) and Vid din sida (2011). In 2020 he issued a biography of Kjell Aukrust.[1]
Løvåsen was awarded the Bjørnson Endowment in 2010.[1]
He was leader of the Norwegian Authors' Union from 2012 to 2017,[2] and was appointed chair of the Arts Council Norway from 2022.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Huvenes, Fred; Karlsvik, Mette. "Sigmund Løvåsen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Den norske Forfatterforening". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ Haugen, Morten O. "Norsk kulturråd". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 October 2024.