Erik Fosnes Hansen

Who is Erik Fosnes Hansen?

Erik Fosnes Hansen is a Norwegian writer.

He was born in New York, and made his debut at age twenty with the novel Falketårnet. His most famous work is his second novel, Psalm at Journey's End, which in separate but steadily more interwoven stories follows the individual musicians that end their careers and lives at Titanic. The book has been translated into more than twenty languages. A follow-up of Beretninger om beskyttelse has been announced but is not yet completed.

Fosnes Hansen has also published poetry, and is a frequent contributor to contemporary public cultural debate.

He is a member of the Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature. Fosnes Hansen was awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize in 1990.

He gained attention in the Norwegian press after throwing a piece of paper at a representative of the Progress Party during a heated debate on the radio station NRK P2.