Tore Renberg

Tore Renberg is a multi-award-winning author who has distinguished himself as a literary critic and TV host for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. A student of philosophy and literature at the university of Bergen, he first achieved major success at the age of 23 with the short-story collection Sleeping Triangle, and then the novel The Man Who Loved Yngve, which was made into a a major motion picture. In addition to his work as an essayist and novelist, Tore has played in several bands and written for the screen and the theatre. His work has been translated into 15 languages.