Tor Åge Bringsværd is an author

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, playwright

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, editor

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 and translator. He is perhaps best known for his speculative fiction

Speculative fiction

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. Together with long-time partner Jon Bing

Jon Bing

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, he is also considered as the first Norwegian author to write science fiction

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 literature. Bringsværd regards himself as an anarchist

Anarchism

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, which is clearly reflected in some of his works. He is also known for his distinctive style of writing, for example for his seemingly random jumps to narrative

Narrative

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s or anecdote

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s with no clear relationship to the main story.

Novels

• Bazar, 1970
• Den som har begge beina på jorda står stille,1974
• Syvsoverskens dystre frokost, 1976
• Pinocchio-papirene, 1978
• Minotauros, 1980
• Ker Shus, 1983
• Gobi. Barndommens måne, 1985
• Gobi. Djengis Khan, 1987
• Uten tittel, 1988
• Gobi. Djevelens skinn og ben, 1989
• Gobi. Min prins, 1994
• Den enøyde, 1996
• Gobi. Baghdad, 1997
• Pudder? Pudder! eller: Sleeping Beauty in the Valley of the Wild, Wild Pigs, 2001
• Web. Betroelser om en truet art, 2005
• Bringsværds beste, 2006
• Kvinnen som var et helt bord alene, 2009

Prizes and recognition

• 1985 - The Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature
  The Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature
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   for the novel Gobi – barndommens måne (Gyldendal Norsk Forlag
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  , Oslo)
• 1994 - Riksmål Society Literature Prize
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• 2000 - Ibsen Prize
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• 2008 - Alf Prøysen
  Alf Prøysen
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  's Prize of Honor
• 2009 - The honorary Brage Prize
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  , an open special award
• 2010 - Norsk kulturråds ærespris
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  (Arts Council of Norway Honorary Award)