Jan Jakob Tønseth (1 September 1947 – 12 October 2018)[1] was a Norwegian author, poet and translator.

Tønseth debuted as a poet with the poetry collection Kimærer in 1971, when he was only 24 years of age.

He achieved broad recognition as a novelist with his trilogy about the ex-communist Hilmar Iversen (Hilmar Iversens ensomhet (1992), Et vennskap (1997) and Resignasjon og portvin (2002)).

Tønseth was a member of Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature.

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