Stein Versto
Norwegian translator, contributing editor and fiddler
About Stein Versto
Born 1957. Stein Versto is a Norwegian translator, editing staff, fiddler and poet.
Stein Versto (born 30 December 1957) is a Norwegian poet, novelist, translator and folk musician.
He was born in Vinje Municipality, and is the brother of newspaper editor Olav Versto. He made his literary debut in 1990 with the short story collection Ho blei borte i trappene, for which he was awarded the Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. Among his poetry collections are Innfalda tid, minne from 1995 and Snø i partituret from 2000. He wrote the novel Nidaros in 2013. His music album Urjen from 2011 contains tunes played on Hardanger fiddle. He also resided in Asker.
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Norwegian translator, contributing editor and fiddler
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Stein Versto was born on 30 December 1957 in Vinje.
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Stein Versto is a translator, editing staff, fiddler and poet.
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Stein Versto is Norwegian.
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