tor obrestad (12 february 1938 – 25 january 2020) was a 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 stories, "vind", obrestad won tarjei vesaas' debutantpris. he also wrote biographies on arne garborg, hulda garborg, alexander kielland and einar førde.