What is Jan Roar Leikvoll?
[[File:Jan Roar Leikvoll.jpg|thumb|Jan Roar Leikvoll in 2013]] '''Jan Roar Leikvoll''' (7 June 1974 &ndash; 1 August 2014) was a [[Norwegians|Norwegian]] [[author]]. He was born in [[Bergen]]. Leikvoll made his debut in 2008 with the novel ''[[A Winter Story]]'', followed by ''[[The Violins]]'' (2010), ''[[The Bovara Monastery]]'' (2012) and ''[[The Songbird in 2013]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.samlaget.no/Forfattarar/L/Jan-Roar-Leikvoll.aspx|title=Jan Roar Leikvoll ( 1974 - )| publisher=[[Det Norske Samlaget]]|accessdate=26 December 2013}}</ref> He was awarded [[Nynorsk Literature Prize]] for The Violins and [[Stig Sæterbakken]]s memorial prize for his three first novels.<ref>[http://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/Leikvoll-fikk-Stig-Saterbakkens-minnepris-7300129.html Leikvoll fikk Stig Sæterbakkens minnepris]</ref> Leikvoll died on 1 August 2014 from a brain tumor, aged 40.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dirdal |first=Linn Carin |date=1 August 2014 |title=Forfatter Jan Roar Leikvoll er død |url=http://www.nrk.no/kultur/forfatter-jan-roar-leikvoll-er-dod-1.11859586 |newspaper=[[NRK]] |location= |publisher= |accessdate=1 August 2014 |language=Norwegian }}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Leikvoll, Jan Roar}} [[Category:1974 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from brain cancer]] [[Category:Norwegian writers]] [[Category:People from Bergen]] {{bio-stub}}