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Thorvald Steen

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January 09, 1954 in Norway

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Historical Fiction, History

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Thorvald Steen is a Norwegian writer.

He made his literary debut in 1983, and has subsequently published a wide range of novels, plays, collections of poems, books of short stories, children’s books and essays. He has distinguished himself as one of Norway’s leading internationally-oriented writers. His Norwegian breakthrough came in 1992 with a cycle of poems, Ilden (The Fire) and shortly afterward he achieved international recognition with his creative historical novels Don Carlos (1993), Giovanni (1995), Constantinople (1999), The Little Horse (2002), Camel Clouds (2004) and Lionheart (2010). In 2006 Steen wrote the coming-of-age novel The Weight of Snow Crystals, which was followed in 2008 with the freestanding sequel The Longest Leap.

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Tanken på å bli stakkarsliggjort

I går fikk jeg et brev fra en leser.Vedkommende takket meg for boka og viste til at sidene 134 og 135 hadde betydd noe spesielt for henne (det handler om når gutten blir bedt om å legge krans på mormorens grav).

Han skriver: "Særlig disse to sidene gir meg evne til å forstå med hvilken uforstand nære venner og familie forholder seg til meg og min sykdom. Men, hvordan skal familie og venner fors...

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Published on December 21, 2006 02:49

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Books by Thorvald Steen

Average rating: 3.25 · 24 ratings · 3 reviews · 15 distinct works

	Vekten av snøkrystaller 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Kamelskyer 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	My rating:
	Don Carlos: A Letter 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Don Carlos and Giovanni by Thorvald Steen, James Anderson (Translation) 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	Snorres sidste dage 2.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2002 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Historier om Istanbul 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	My rating:
	Giovanni 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	En fallskjerm til folket: Om norsk litteraturpolitikk 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1995	My rating:
	Konstantinopel: roman 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1999	My rating:
	Kongen AV Sahara: Roman 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating: