Doug Solstad, the towering figure of Norwegian letters, praised by literary greats around the world, passed away at the age of 83.
Solstad, known for his prose, which combines existential despair, political subjects and a sense of humor from Dror, won. Norwegian Critic Literature Award Three unprecedented times.
Solstad, a perennial candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature, was translated into Japanese by Murakami Har, and American author Lydia Davis taught Norwegian by reading his 400-page “telemark novels” (the insoluble epic element of the telemark from 1592 to 1896).
Karl Ove Knausgård praised his “old-fashioned elegance.” Per Petterson called him “the brave and most intelligent novelist of Norway.” in Paris Review EssayDamion Sarles likened Solstad to John Lennon of the Norwegian Letter: “Experimentist, Ideaman.”
Born in Sandefjord, southeast Norway in 1941, Solstad began his writing career as a journalist for a local newspaper, covering a short fiction at the age of 23.
A former member of Norway's Maoist Communist Party, he has recently announced that he has “excited the “Imperial Relations”Political amateur”, but on his 80th birthday he stated that he wanted to be remembered as a communist.
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Politics injected some of his prose, such as Armand V in 2006, about rising through the ranks of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and hindering US policy.
However, the central concerns of his 18 novels, stories, plays and essays are more personal and often characterized by father-son relationships. In a review of The Guardian, British author Jeff Dyer likened his character to living “the way Philip Larkin might have done it if he had gotten a job at Telemark in place of Hal.”
With crime writer John Mikkellet Solstud He also wrote five books on the World Cup in Soccer between 1982 and 1998.
Solstad passed away Friday evening after a brief hospitalization, reported Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten. When he died, his wife Therese Bjornebaud was with him.
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Garh Sto told broadcaster NTB that Solstad was one of the most important Norwegian authors of all time. “His work continues to be involved and inspire new readers. Today, my thoughts are communicated to his family and loved ones,” he said.
