# Tor Obrestad

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**Tor Obrestad** (12 February 1938 – 25 January 2020) was a Norwegian novelist, poet and documentary writer.

## Early and personal life

Obrestad was born in [Hå Municipality](/source/H%C3%A5_Municipality) on 12 February 1938.[1] His parents were farmer Jon R. Obrestad and Sophie Riise.[2]

He studied at the teacher's college in [Elverum](/source/Elverum_(town)) and worked as a schoolteacher, and then studied at the [University of Oslo](/source/University_of_Oslo). He eventually became a full-time writer, and was also assigned as journalist for the newspaper *[Stavanger Aftenblad](/source/Stavanger_Aftenblad)*.[2] He died on 25 January 2020.[1]

## Literary career

Obrestad made his literary debut in 1966 with two books, the poetry collection *Kollisjon* and a collection of short stories, *Vind*,[1] and received [Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris](/source/Tarjei_Vesaas'_debutantpris) for these two books. He was a member of the so-called *Profil generation* in 1968, the circle attached to the literary magazine *[Profil](/source/Profil_(literary_magazine))*.[3] He wrote biographies on [Arne Garborg](/source/Arne_Garborg), [Hulda Garborg](/source/Hulda_Garborg), [Alexander Kielland](/source/Alexander_Kielland) and [Einar Førde](/source/Einar_F%C3%B8rde).[1]

His novel *Sauda! Streik!* from 1972 was adapted for the film *[Streik!](/source/Streik!)*, directed by [Oddvar Bull Tuhus](/source/Oddvar_Bull_Tuhus) in 1975.[2]

## Selected works

- *Kollisjon*, poetry, 1966
- *Vind*, short stories, 1966
- *Vårt daglige brød*, poetry, 1968
- *Marionettar*, novel, 1969
- *Den norske løve*, poetry, 1970
- *Sauda! Streik!*, novel, 1972
- *Sauda og Shanghai*, poetry, 1973
- *Stå saman*, poetry, 1974
- *Tolken*, short stories, 1975
- *Baba Anastasia og andre tekster*, short stories, 1976
- *Stå på! Roman om ein arbeidskonflikt*, novel, 1976
- *Vinterdikt*, poetry, 1979
- *Reisa til bestemor*, children's book, 1980
- *Ein gong må du seie adjø*, novel, 1981
- *Sjå Jæren, gamle Jæren*, short stories, 1982
- *Kamelen i Jomarskogen*, children's book, 1985
- *Misteltein*, poetry, 1987
- *Seks netter, seks dagar*, novel, 1989
- *[Arne Garborg](/source/Arne_Garborg)*, biography, 1991
- *Hulda*, biography of [Hulda Garborg](/source/Hulda_Garborg), 1992
- *Forsøk på å halde fast tida*, short stories, 1993
- *Mimosa, myosotis, rosmarin*, poetry, 1994
- *Sannhetens pris. [Alexander Kielland](/source/Alexander_Kielland)*, biography, 1996
- *Jæren. Eld or blått. Ei samling poesi i ord og bilete*, poetry, 1997
- *Bernhards mor. En drøm*, novel, 1998
- *Kvinnene i Casablanca og andre historier*, short stories, 2002
- *Krokodillen Alexander og navigator emeritus, Reinert i Sjøhusgaten. Ei oppbyggeleg fortelling frå ein liten by*, children's book, 2002
- *[Einar Førde](/source/Einar_F%C3%B8rde)*, biography, 2007

## Awards

- [Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris](/source/Tarjei_Vesaas'_debutantpris) 1966
- [Gyldendal's Endowment](/source/Gyldendal's_Endowment) 1971

## References

1. Rottem, Øystein. ["Tor Obrestad"](https://snl.no/Tor_Obrestad) (in Norwegian). *[Store norske leksikon](/source/Store_norske_leksikon)*. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 28 August 2020.

1. Rottem, Øystein. ["Tor Obrestad"](https://nbl.snl.no/Tor_Obrestad) (in Norwegian). *[Norsk biografisk leksikon](/source/Norsk_biografisk_leksikon)*. [Helle, Knut](/source/Knut_Helle) (ed.). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 August 2020.

1. ["Obrestad, Tor – Bakgrunn"](http://www.dagbladet.no/kontekst/3934.html) (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 2008-10-14.

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