Writing · Short Story · Novel
Born Sep 30, 1929
Active 1973–2021 · Awards: Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment, Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature, Riksmål Society Literature Prize, Aschehoug Prize, Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature, Dobloug Prize, Brage Prize honorary award, October Prize
Kjell Askildsen was a Norwegian writer best known for his minimalistic short stories.