What is Jan Jakob Tønseth?
[[File:Den Norske forfatter Jan Jakob Tonseth, nomineret til Nordisk Rads Litteraturpris 2007.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Jan Jakob Tønseth in 2007]] '''Jan Jakob Tønseth''' (1 September 1947 &ndash; 12 October 2018) was a Norwegian author, poet and translator. He was born in [[Oslo]]. Tønseth's first poetry collection was ''Kimærer'' in 1971, published when he was 24 years. He was known for his novel trilogy ''Hilmar Iversens ensomhet'' (1992), ''Et vennskap'' (1997) and ''Resignasjon og portvin'' (2002). Tønseth was a member of [[Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://runeberg.org/authors/tonsejan.html |title=Nordic Authors/Jan Jakob Tønseth |access-date=2009-02-21 |work=Project Runeberg |publisher= [[Project Runeberg]] |date=28 August 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cappelendamm.no/main/Katalog.aspx?f=7083&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 |title=Jan Jakob Tønseth |access-date=2009-02-21 |work=[[J.W. Cappelens Forlag|Cappelen Damm]] |language=no |archive-date=2012-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217012312/http://www.cappelendamm.no/main/Katalog.aspx?f=7083&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.barum.folkebibl.no/utiverden/litteraturpris/norden.html |title=Nordiske priser |access-date=2009-02-21 |work=[[Bærum]] public library |date=30 May 2008 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024111348/http://www.barum.folkebibl.no/utiverden/litteraturpris/norden.html |archive-date=24 October 2007 }}</ref> Tønseth died on 12 October 2018 in Oslo from [[multiple myeloma]] at the age of 71.<ref>[https://www.nrk.no/kultur/forfatter-jan-jakob-tonseth-er-dod.-1.14252389 Forfatter Jan Jakob Tønseth er død] {{in lang|no}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Toenseth, Jan Jakob}} [[Category:1947 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:European translators]] [[Category:Norwegian poets]] [[Category:Norwegian novelists]] [[Category:Writers from Oslo]]