Espen Haavardsholm

Espen Haavardsholm (born 10 February 1945, in Oslo) is a Norwegian novelist, poet, biographer and essayist.^[1] He made his literary debut in 1966 with the collection of short stories, Tidevann. He was one of the central writers in the modernist literary magazine Profil.^[2] He has written biographies on Martin Linge (his grandfather), Aksel Sandemose and Johan Borgen.

Espen Haavardsholm
Born	(1945-02-10) 10 February 1945 (age 80) Oslo, Norway
Occupation(s)	novelist, poet, essayist and biographer
Spouses	Liv Køltzow ​ ​ (m. 1966; div. 1973)​ Tone Torgersen ​ (m. 1975⁠–⁠1979)​ Francesca Maria Nichols ​ ​ (m. 1982)​
Relatives	Martin Linge (grandfather)

Awards

• Gyldendal's Endowment 1970
• Aschehoug Prize 2006.