Jan Jakob Tønseth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jan Jakob Tønseth

Norwegian writer

Date of Birth: 01-Sep-1947

Place of Birth: Oslo, Eastern Norway, Norway

Date of Death: 12-Oct-2018

Profession: writer, poet, translator, children's writer

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Jan Jakob Tønseth (1 September 1947 – 12 October 2018) was a Norwegian author, poet and translator. Tønseth debuted as a poet with the poetry collection Kimærer in 1971, when he was only 24 years of age.
He achieved broad recognition as a novelist with his trilogy about the ex-communist Hilmar Iversen (Hilmar Iversens ensomhet (1992), Et vennskap (1997) and Resignasjon og portvin (2002)).
Tønseth was a member of Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature.