Vetle Lid Larssen


Vetle Lid Larssen is a Norwegian journalist and novellist.
He was born in Stavanger, and is a son of the Norwegian actor Lars Andreas Larssen. He grew up in Oslo, and was an award-winning journalist in the Norwegian dailies Morgenbladet and Aftenposten, before he made his debut in 1990 with the novel 2, which won him much acclaim.
Among his other books are Kjærlighet før øya synker , Anti-sex and Norske Helter.
In 2013 he published the documentary novel 1001 natt - about the fate of two Norwegian slaves in northern Africa, and in 2015 the autobiographical Hvordan elske en far - og overleve, which both became national bestsellers.
Lid Larssen is translated to among other Danish, German and Italian.
He is currently columnist in A-magasinet.

Selected bibliography

1990: 2
1996: Kjærlighet før øya synker
1998: Anti-sex
2006: Norske helter
2013: 1001 natt
2015: Hvordan elske en far - og overleve

Awards

Gullpennen
Arne Hestenes´ journalistpris
Sarpsborgprisen