Arild Nyquist | |
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Born |
Oslo, Norway |
6 March 1937
Died | 21 December 2004 | (aged 67)
Nationality | Norwegian |
Occupation | Novelist Poet Children's writer Musician |
Parent(s) | Gerd Nyquist |
Relatives | Olav Mosebekk (father-in-law) |
Arild Nyquist (6 March 1937 – 21 December 2004) was a Norwegian novelist, poet, writer of children's books and musician. He was born in Oslo, the son of Gerd Nyquist. His father-in-law was Olav Mosebekk. He made his literary debut in 1963 with the novel Ringer i et sommervann.
Nyquist was awarded Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment in 1971. He was nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1994 for the self-biographic novel Ungdom.