Gunstein Bakke (born 30 March 1968) is a Norwegian novelist.

He was born in Setesdal valley in Aust-Agder county in southern Norway.

[2] A later novel Maud and Aud has been widely acclaimed and won the EU Prize for Literature.

[3][4] Together with Eirik Ingebrigtsen, Bakke was the initiator and editor of the anthology Respons 22/7 in 2011.

[citation needed] Bakke lives in Gotland and Oslo.