Roy Jacobsen

Roy Jacobsen (26 December 1954 – 18 October 2025) was a Norwegian novelist and short-story writer. He was born in Oslo. His career began in 1982 with the short-story collection Fangeliv. He won Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris, the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature and the Gyldendal Prize during his career. He was a nominee for the International Booker Prize in 2017.

Jacobsen died from problems caused by surgery on 18 October 2025 in Oslo at the age of 70.^[1]

Bibliography

• Fangeliv – short stories (1982)
• Hjertetrøbbel – novel (1984)
• Tommy – novel (1985)
• Det nye vannet – novel (1987) (English 1997: The new water)
• Virgo – novel (1988)
• Det kan komme noen – short stories (1989)
• Ursula – barnebok (1990)
• Seierherrene – novel (1991;^[2] translation of title, 'the victors' or 'the winners')
• 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) (English 2015: Borders)
• Fugler og soldater – short stories (2001)
• Det nye vinduet – short stories (2002)
• Frost – novel (2003)
• Hoggerne – novel (2005) (English 2007: The Burnt-Out Town of Miracles)
• Marions slør – novel (2007)
• Vidunderbarn – novel (2009) (English 2011: Child Wonder)
• De Usynlige – novel (2013) (English 2016: The Unseen)
• Hvitt hav – novel (2015) (English 2019: White Shadow)
• Rigels øyne – novel (2017) (English 2020: Eyes of the Rigel)
• På randen av Vigeland – autobiography (2019)
• Mannen som elsket Sibir – novel (2019)
• Bare en mor – novel (2020) (English 2022: Just a Mother)
• De uverdige – novel (2022)