Finn Alnæs
Born(1932-01-20)20 January 1932
Bærum, Norway
Died3 November 1991(1991-11-03) (aged 59)
OccupationNovelist
RelativesEyvind Alnæs (grandfather) [1]
Awards

Finn Alnæs (20 January 1932 3 November 1991) was a Norwegian novelist. He was born in Bærum. He made his literary debut with the novel Koloss (1963).[1]

Alnæs was awarded the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize and the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1968 for the novel Gemini.[2] Both his books Koloss and Gemini were nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize, but did not win the prize.

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 Rottem, Øystein. "Finn Alnæs". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  2. "Tidligere vinnere av Kritikerprisen" (in Norwegian). NRK. 2002. Archived from the original on 6 September 2006. Retrieved 21 October 2008.


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