Øyvind Vågnes
Øyvind Vågnes | |
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| Born | 4 August 1972 Brattvåg, Norway |
| Died | 7 January 2025 (aged 52) Bergen, Norway |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist Magazine editor |
| Awards | Nynorsk Literature Prize (2005) |
Øyvind Vågnes (4 August 1972 – 7 January 2025) was a Norwegian novelist, magazine editor and researcher.
Life and career
[edit]Vågnes was born in Brattvåg on 4 August 1972.[1] He made his literary debut in 2003 with the novel Ingen skal sove i natt.[1] He was awarded the Nynorsk Literature Prize in 2005, for the novel Ekko.[2] He was co-editor of the magazine Ekfrase - Nordisk Tidsskrift for Visuell Kultur. Among his non-fiction works are Zaprudered : the Kennedy Assassination Film in Visual Culture from 2011, for which he was awarded the Peter C. Rollins Book Award, and Den dokumentariske teikneserien from 2014.[1]
Further novels are the science fiction novel Sone Z from 2014, about a future fictional surveillance society. In his satirical novel Vesaas from 2017, the protagonist works with writing a biography about Tarjei Vesaas. His last novel was Ei verd utan hestar from 2022.[1]
Vågnes died from lung fibrosis at Haukeland hospital in Bergen, on 7 January 2025, at the age of 52.[1][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Drangsholt, Janne Stigen. "Øyvind Vågnes". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
- ^ "Nynorsk litteraturpris". www.nm.no (in Norwegian). Noregs Mållag. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- ^ "Professor Øyvind Vågnes (1972-2025)". uib.no (in Norwegian). 8 January 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
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