Dag Solstad: Quick Facts

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Born	July 16, 1941 • Sandefjord • Norway
Died	March 14, 2025 (aged 83)
Notable Works	“17. Roman” • “25 September Plassen” • “Arild Asnes, 1970” • “Irr! Grønt!” • “Krig. 1940” • “Professor Andersen’s Night” • “Roman 1987” • “Shyness and Dignity”

Kielland, Alexander Lange

Alexander Lange Kielland

Norwegian writer

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Johan Borgen

Norwegian author

Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson.

Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson

Norwegian author

Garborg, Arne Evensen

Arne Evensen Garborg

Norwegian author

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Nordahl Grieg

Norwegian author

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Jens Bjørneboe

Norwegian author

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Oskar Braaten

Norwegian author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German author

Engraving of Miguel de Cervantes, shown with a mustache and beard, wearing a ruffled collar and cloak, based on works by Gregorio Ferro and Fernando Selma.

Miguel de Cervantes

Spanish writer

Life-sized plaster sculpture Seated Voltaire by Jean-Antoine Houdon shows Voltaire draped in a robe, seated with a thoughtful expression and a ribbon crown, against a dark background.

Voltaire

French philosopher and author

D.H. Lawrence

D.H. Lawrence

English writer

James Joyce wearing a dark suit, light tie, round glasses, and a hat, looking to the side outdoors in Zurich, Switzerland.

James Joyce

Irish author

Aleksandr Pushkin

Aleksandr Pushkin

Russian author

Ivan Turgenev

Ivan Turgenev

Russian author

Samuel Beckett, 1965

Samuel Beckett

Irish author

Henry James

Henry James

American writer

Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway

American writer

Maxim Gorky

Maxim Gorky

Russian writer

Nikolay Gogol

Nikolay Gogol

Ukrainian-born writer

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Irish author