Bjarte Breiteig

Bjarte Breiteig (17 March 1974[1]) is a Norwegian short story writer.

[citation needed] Published in 1998, Breiteig's first short story collection, Fantomsmerter, received glowing reviews and Aschehougs debutantpris.

In 2003, Breiteig was one of five young authors whose work was included in a collection of short stories published under the title of Borders by the European literary project Scritture Giovani with his "Fremover" translated into Welsh, German, English, and Italian.

In 2006, his third short story collection, Folk har begynt å banke på, was published.

Breiteig received the Anders Jahre Culture Prize for young artists in 2004, and was awarded the Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment in 2006.