Quotes by Dag Solstad

About Dag Solstad:

Dag Solstad is a Norwegian novelist, short-story writer, and dramatist whose work has been translated into several languages. He has written nearly 30 books and is the only author to have received the Norwegian Literary Critics' Award three times. His works have been translated into 20 languages.
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And so, when the chips are down, I must say, though not without a sense of repugnance, that if you wish to show your belief in democracy, you also have to do so when you are in the minority, convinced both intellectually and, not least, in your inner...

Dag Solstad

He couldn't imagine using the word 'rewarding' about a work of art - for instance that such and such a book has given me so much, taught me so much, etc etc. - but thought solely that it enlightened him, made him see, cynically and withough false exp...

Dag Solstad

Our relationship to the past is marked by deep indifference, even if we do say something to the contrary, even if we mean what we say when we say it is a matter of the greatest significance. Because it is a matter of the greatest significance, yet ne...

Dag Solstad

Author Bio

  • NameDag Solstad
  • DescriptionNorwegian writer
  • BornJuly 16, 1941
  • CountryNorway
  • ProfessionNovelist; Short Story Writer; Playwright
  • AwardsDobloug Prize; Aschehoug Prize; ; Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment; ;