Roy Jacobsen is a Norwegian novelist and short-story writer. Born in Oslo on 26 December 1954, he made his publishing début in 1982 with the short-story collection Fangeliv (Prison Life). He is winner of the prestigious Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature and two of his novels have been nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize: Seierherrene (The Conquerors) in 1991 and Frost in 2004. Jacobsen lives in Oslo.
Bibliography
- Fangeliv - short stories, (1982)
- Hjertetrøbbel - novel, (1984)
- Tommy - novel, (1985)
- Det nye vannet - novel (1987)
- Virgo - novel, (1988)
- Det kan komme noen - short stories, (1989)
- Ursula - barnebok, (1990)
- Seierherrene - novel, (1991)
- Fata Morgana - novel, (1992)
- Den høyre armen - short stories, (1994)
- Trygve Bratteli. En fortelling - biography of Trygve Bratteli, (1995)
- Ismael - novel, (1998)
- Grenser - novel, (1999)
- Fugler og soldater - short stories, (2001)
- Det nye vinduet - short stories, (2002)
- Frost - novel, (2003)
- Hoggerne - novel, (2005)
- Marions slør - novel, (2007)
Prizes
- Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris 1982, for Fangeliv
- Cappelenprisen 1987
- Notabeneprisen 1988
- Kritikerprisen 1989, for Det kan komme noen
- Bokhandlerprisen 1991, for Seierherrene
- Scheiblers legat 1991
- Ivar Lo-prisen 1994
- Oslo bys kunstnerpris 1994
- Riksmålsforbundets litteraturpris 2003
- Gyldendalprisen 2005
- Ungdommens kritikerpris 2006
