What is Tor Obrestad?
[[File:Tor Obrestad.jpg|thumb|240px|Obrestad in 2007]] '''Tor Obrestad''' (12 February 1938 – 25 January 2020) was a [[Norwegians|Norwegian]] novelist, poet and [[documentary]] writer. He was born in [[Hå]]. He published his first two books in 1966. For these books, the poetry collection ''Kollisjon'' and a collection of [[short story|short stories]], ''Vind'', Obrestad won [[Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris]]. He also wrote [[biography|biographies]] on [[Arne Garborg]], [[Hulda Garborg]], [[Alexander Kielland]] and [[Einar Førde]]. Obrestad died on 25 January 2020 in [[Nærbø]]. He was 81.<ref>{{Cite news|work=Stavanger Aftenblad|title=Tor Obrestad er død|lang=no|author=Kongsnes, Ellen|url=https://www.aftenbladet.no/kultur/i/0nl04E/tor-obrestad-er-dd|date=27 January 2020|access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Obrestad Tor}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Biographers]] [[Category:Norwegian writers]] [[Category:Norwegian novelists]] [[Category:Norwegian poets]] [[Category:Short story writers]] {{Bio-stub}}