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.Forfatter ﻿Roy Jacobsen er død. NRK

 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;https://snl.no/Roy_Jacobsen. Retrieved 2025-10-20 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)

References

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Category:1954 births
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Category:Writers from Oslo
Category:Norwegian novelists
Category:Deaths from surgical complications