Jan Roar Leikvoll

Jan Roar Leikvoll in 2013

Jan Roar Leikvoll (7 June 1974 – 1 August 2014) was a Norwegian author. He was born in Bergen.

Leikvoll made his debut in 2008 with the novel A Winter Story, followed by The Violins (2010), The Bovara Monastery (2012) and The Songbird in 2013.[1]

He was awarded Nynorsk Literature Prize for The Violins and Stig Sæterbakkens memorial prize for his three first novels.[2] Leikvoll died on 1 August 2014 from a brain tumor, aged 40.[3]

References

  1. "Jan Roar Leikvoll ( 1974 - )". Det Norske Samlaget. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  2. Leikvoll fikk Stig Sæterbakkens minnepris
  3. Dirdal, Linn Carin (1 August 2014) (in Norwegian). Forfatter Jan Roar Leikvoll er død. http://www.nrk.no/kultur/forfatter-jan-roar-leikvoll-er-dod-1.11859586. Retrieved 1 August 2014.